This theory is based on the discovery of a fossilized psittacosaurus, which had scales similar to those of modern reptiles ...
'The critical transition from scaled to feathered skin is poorly understood,' researchers wrote in a paper. The earliest feathered dinosaurs may have evolved their bird-like features while still ...
Scientists have discovered ‘zoned development’ in dinosaur skin, with areas of reptile-style scales and bird-like skin with ...
Paleontologists at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have discovered that some feathered dinosaurs had scaly skin like ...
A study by University College Cork reveals that the feathered dinosaur Psittacosaurus also had reptilian-like scaly skin, ...
Strong but light, beautiful and precisely structured, feathers are the most complex skin appendage that ever evolved in ...
Studied dinosaur specimen njues-10 under natural (upper half) and UV light (lower half) showing the orange-yellow ...
A fossilized dinosaur skin specimen under natural light (upper half) and ultraviolet light (lower half) showing the ...
Scientists discover 'zoned development' in dinosaur skin, with zones of reptile-style scales and zones of bird-like skin with feathers. A new dinosaur skin fossil has been found to be composed of ...
The Psittacosaurus - a plant-eating creature about the size of a large dog - roamed the forests of China, Russia and Mongolia somewhere between 135-120 million years ago (Dr Zixiao Yang/PA Wire ...
Cork (Ireland): Strong but light, beautiful and precisely structured, feathers are the most complex skin appendage that ever evolved in vertebrates. Despite the fact humans have been playing with ...