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 ...
Over the last 30 years, the fossil record has surprised scientists in regard to feather evolution. Future discoveries of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The discovery of a "parrot lizard" fossil could explain how dinosaurs developed feathers. Paleontologists at University College Cork (UCC) have discovered that some feathered dinosaurs had scaly skin, ...
A feathered dinosaur with a parrot-like beak is helping shed new light on how reptile scales became bird feathers, according to scientists. Psittacosaurus – a plant-eating creature about the size of a ...
A fossilized dinosaur skin specimen under natural light (upper half) and ultraviolet light (lower half) showing the ...