Newly Discovered Dinosaur Looks Like a Nightmare Goose
The 70-odd-million-year-old remains were found in southern Mongolia.Illustration: Yusik Choi.Paleontologists discovered a 71-million-year-old carnivorous dinosaur in Southern Mongolia that they believe had a body built for swimming and diving for prey. Though it looks a lot like a modern bird, it’s actually a non-avian dinosaur, meaning it’s likely an example of convergent evolution, a phenomenon in which unrelated creaturesevolve similar traits. The dinosaur is called Natovenator polydontus, or “swimming hunter with…