This theory is based on the discovery of a fossilized psittacosaurus, which had scales similar to those of modern reptiles across most of its body, but feather-specific skin on its tail only, ...
'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 ...
A study by University College Cork reveals that the feathered dinosaur Psittacosaurus also had reptilian-like scaly skin, ...
Psittacosaurus – a plant-eating creature about the size of a large dog – roamed the forests of China, Russia and Mongolia ...
Paleontologists at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have discovered that some feathered dinosaurs had scaly skin like ...
Strong but light, beautiful and precisely structured, feathers are the most complex skin appendage that ever evolved in ...
Over the last 30 years, the fossil record has surprised scientists in regard to feather evolution. Future discoveries of ...
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 ...
Cork (Ireland), May 22 (The Conversation) Strong but light, beautiful and precisely structured, feathers are the most complex skin appendage that ever evolved in vertebrates. Despite the fact humans ...