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The near-complete fossil skull, unearthed on Vega Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, reveals a bird that thrived in the challenging waters off Antarctica roughly 69 million years ago, just three ...

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A Cretaceous Period bird called Vegavis iaai pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula, with nautilus-like ammonites and marine reptiles called ...

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"Vegavis almost certainly preyed on fish and small invertebrates that lived ... plesiosaurs and strong-jawed mosasaurs as well as large nautilus-like ammonites. As preserved, the skull measures ...