Vegavis Landscape © Witton 2025.jpg (IMAGE)

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Vegavis Landscape © Witton 2025.jpg

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The Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird,Vegavis iaai, pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula, with ammonites and plesiosaurs forcompany.

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Mark Witton, 2025.

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