Canadian researchers discover fossils of first feathered dinosaurs from North America (w/ Video)

Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 14:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The ostrich-like dinosaurs in the original Jurassic Park movie were portrayed as a herd of scaly, fleet-footed animals being chased by a ferocious Tyrannosaurus rex. New research published in the prestigious journal Science reveals this depiction of these bird-mimic dinosaurs is not entirely accurate—the ornithomimids, as they are scientifically known, should have had feathers and wings.

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