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Tingmiatornis arctia

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Tingmiatornis antarctica, a late Cretaceous ornithurine bird of indeterminate affiliations. Depicted here as plunge diving, a speculative behaviour that both illustrates the capacity for flight and for diving proposed in Bono, R.K.; Clarke, J.; Tarduno, J.A.; Brinkman, Donald (2016). Several living birds capable of flight and of diving, such as cormorants, pelicans, and of course gannets, to name a few, are capable of plunge diving to varying extents, I don't think it beyond the realms of possibility that Tingmiatornis was also capable of plunge diving. This behaviour also serves a functional purpose: obscuring the head, which is not known.

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This piece was done for A-Dinosaur-A-Day.com, and the article can be found here.
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I have just found your work and I am *loving* all of it. This piece really sticks out to me, though, because reflecting what we know / don't know in the composition is just a really sweet and thoughtful touch ;_; thank you for sharing your work!