"Beautiful" Squirrel-Tail Dinosaur Fossil Upends Feather Theory
Monday, July 2, 2012 - 18:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Forget overgrown lizards—the oldest known meat-eating dinosaur with feathers suggests "probably all" dinosaurs bore plumage, a new study says.
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