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  "id": 10713000,
  "title": "Ancient bird becomes second Australian species to be named from the Cretaceous period",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/ancient-bird-becomes-second-australian-species-to-be-named-from-the",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-29T14:40:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-ancient-bird-australian-species-cretaceous.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A pair of exceptionally rare Cretaceous bird bones found at separate sites near Richmond, Queensland, reveal a previously unknown species—the second formally named Cretaceous bird from Australia. Cretaceous bird fossils are extremely scarce in Australia, with fewer than a dozen isolated bones reported, making these finds especially significant. The research is published in the Journal of…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}