Birds are actually a group of living Theropod dinosaurs, meaning they are the only surviving dinosaurs today, and their evolution from theropod ancestors is supported by fossil evidence and shared anatomical features. The Mesozoic era (252 to 66 million years ago) has shown the fossil evidence that birds began their evolution to their modern-day counterparts. The Mesozoic era contains the Triassic (252-201 ma), Jurassic (201-143 ma), and Cretaceous (143-66 ma) periods. The first human fossils are dated 6-2 ma.
Songbird ReMix “Birds of the Mesozoic” has a selection of species which are ancestors of the birds we see today. Most of the included species were chosen specifically because they have certain characteristics that give a hint to their modern-day lineage. For instance, Cooper's Fan-tail Bird, in many ways, resembles today's jay family, or Cyril's Mystery Bird, a modern-day duck. This is a collection of what today's bird ancestors might have looked like from a birder's perspective rather than a set of feathered reptilian-looking dinosaurs.
The base models include most of the normal Songbird ReMix features from folding wings, working facial features to a host of controls and morphs to alter the bird in hundreds of ways. They also include some specific Mesozoic features, like serrated beaks, wing-claws and raptorial toes.
There are two versions of this set for native support in Poser and DAZ Studio. Materials have been tuned to support Iray, 3Delight, Superfly and Firefly renderers.