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247 Million-Year-Old Fossil of 'Mirasaura Grauvogeli' Reptile Had Unique Feather-Shaped Structures
A small reptile from the Middle Triassic known as Mirasaura grauvogeli developed a crest structure shaped like feathers but ...
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Why a Triassic Reptile’s Strange Crest Is Rewriting the Story of Feathers
Is it possible that feathers weren’t the first extravagant skin appendages in reptiles? The recent discovery of Mirasaura ...
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Fossil discovery of a 'wonder reptile' rewrites the history of evolution
Scientists found a 247-million-year-old reptile, Mirasaura grauvogeli, with a feather-like crest that lived in trees.
Feather-like crest on Triassic reptile challenges ideas about reptile evolution
Body coverings such as hair and feathers have played a central role in evolution. They enabled warm-bloodedness by insulating ...
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A ‘wonder’ fossil changes our understanding of reptile evolution
Body coverings such as hair and feathers have played a central role in evolution. They enabled warm-bloodedness by insulating ...
Is it a bird? A monkey? No, it's a 'miraculous' new prehistoric reptile
Mirasaura grauvogeli had a featherlike crest and a tail like a monkey. “It's been a long time since I've been so blown away by a new fossil discovery.” ...
Adorable Triassic Reptile Used its Freaky Back Fin to Communicate
By revisiting a fossil unearthed decades ago, paleontologists identified a new type of modified skin jutting out from the ...
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Neither Scales Nor Feathers: Bizarre Appendage Discovered on Reptile Fossil
A bizarre reptile once scurried through the Triassic treetops with an extravagant crest on its back, one made from neither ...
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Is It Possible Some Dinosaurs Had Hair? - Snopes.com
Sinosauropteryx, the first known feathered dinosaur, exhibited mammalian-like hair. Its name means "Chinese lizard wing," These small theropods had a covering of thin, hair-like primitive feathers ...