Feathers tied to origin of dinosaurs
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 14:08
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Feathers and other feather-like stuff are known in several so-called saurischian dinosaurs, including tyrannosaurs and maniraptors — the ancestors to modern birds. Now, feather-like structures have been found for the first time in dinosaurs other than saurischians.