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NEWS ALERT Duck-like dinosaur took to water Image Credit: Lukas Panzarin; A new dinosaur species with a swan-neck and flipper-forelimbs spent at least some time living in water. Halszkaraptor escuilliei lived during the Campanian stage of the Cretaceous (about 71–75 million years ago) in what is now Mongolia. The authors interpret these features as those of a new species of amphibious theropod that walked on two legs on land, with postural adaptations similar to ducks, but used its flipper-like forelimbs to manoeuvre in water, relying on its long neck for foraging and ambush hunting. The findings are reported in Nature this week. Read the related articles by following the links below: Nature | Letter Synchrotron scanning reveals amphibious ecomorphology in a new clade of bird-like dinosaurs   Sign up for the daily Nature Briefing: An essential round-up of science news, free in your inbox every weekday.   Subscribe to Nature at a discounted rate and keep updated with breaking science news, perceptive commentary and topical supplements.   Share:   Google+    Facebook    LinkedIn    Reddit     StumbleUpon    Twitter    Digg         As a registered user of Nature Research's Web sites, our database indicates that you have opted-in to receive Nature News breaking news. If you no longer wish to receive these e-mails please unsubscribe here or to edit your Nature Research email services please click here to modify your account (Log in to be recognised as a Nature.com registrant). For further information on technical assistance | print subscriptions | other enquiries. Macmillan Publishers Limited is a company incorporated in England & Wales under company number 785998 & whose registered office is located at The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW. Nature Research | One New York Plaza, Suite 4500 | New York | NY 10004-1562 | US © 2017 Nature Research, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.