{
  "id": 16762327,
  "title": "121-million-year-old fossils suggest Longipteryx had no tail feathers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/121-million-year-old-fossils-suggest-longipteryx-had-no-tail-feathers",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-27T15:20:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-million-year-fossils-longipteryx-tail.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Around 121 million years ago, somewhere in modern northeastern China, an early bird took to the skies. If you drew its silhouette, you'd notice something was missing. Unlike any bird alive today, it had no tail feathers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}