But the researchers say the new fossil shows the Alvarezsauridae group split from birds much earlier on the evolutionary tree than was thought.

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Shortly after that, the American Tradition Institute, a group with ties to fossil-fuel interests, asked for the same emails under the state's open records laws.

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One out of every four people in town is a dues-paying member of a group called Friends of the Fossil Library.

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The fossil is a member of the Alvarezsauridae family, a group of bird-like dinosaurs.

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Four watchmakers backed the initiative: Suunto of Finland, Fossil of Texas, and Tissot and Swatch, both members of the Swatch Group of Switzerland.

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