#anchiornithids

[thedrawinggizzard]

Eosinopteryx feeding its (almost fully-grown) young.

The reason for the blue tit picture in the corner is because this was originally meant to be part of a series where I drew dinosaurs with the colours and features of birds they reminded me of. I lost interest in it though, and I was never good at getting round to colouring pictures in.

[albertonykus]

What did the last common ancestor of Velociraptor and modern birds look like? Anchiornithids might give us a clue. These small dinosaurs lived 160 million years ago and are known from incredible fossils, often complete with skin and feathers.

Full view

[paleonativeart]

Day 28 on #jurassicjanuary is “underneath” and this time, a basal Avialae (anchiornithid) Serikornis is searching a small insect or reptile that is underneath the log.