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New insights into the flying capabilities of a nonbird dinosaur were drawn from an unusually well-preserved specimen known as ...
"It is a single community of a single species of animal from a snapshot in time," professor Emily Bamforth said.
Hadrosaurs, also known as duck-billed dinosaurs, are often portrayed as friendly, approachable creatures. According to Dr.
Most modern birds solved this issue by evolving shorter appendages to accompany their tertial feathers. But even though ...
The Chicago Archaeopteryx features more soft tissue and delicate skeletal details than any known fossil of its kind, and ...
Key to the first bird’s flight was likely a set of never-before-seen feathers, called tertials, found on the upper arm of the ...
Scans of the Chicago Archaeopteryx show feather and bone features that worked together to create lift.
Archaeopteryx is the fossil that proved Darwin right. It's the oldest known fossil bird, and it helps show that all birds— ...
A 166-million-year-old Middle Jurassic herbivorous dinosaur, the size of a large dog and bipedal, has been discovered on the Isle of Skye.