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Exceptional dinosaur fossils show ontogenetic development of early feathers

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  • Xing Xu

    (Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xiwai Street, Beijing 100044, China)

  • Xiaoting Zheng

    (Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature, Pingyi, Shandong 273300, China)

  • Hailu You

    (Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing 100037, China)

Abstract

Dinosaurs' varied feathers Two exceptionally well-preserved specimens of the feathered dinosaur Similicaudipteryx, preserved at different stages of development, show that the morphology of dinosaur feathers changed dramatically as the animals matured. In addition, the morphology of feathers in dinosaurs was much more varied than one would expect from what we know of feathers in extant birds.

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  • Xing Xu & Xiaoting Zheng & Hailu You, 2010. "Exceptional dinosaur fossils show ontogenetic development of early feathers," Nature, Nature, vol. 464(7293), pages 1338-1341, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:464:y:2010:i:7293:d:10.1038_nature08965
    DOI: 10.1038/nature08965
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    2. Xia Wang & Alistair J McGowan & Gareth J Dyke, 2011. "Avian Wing Proportions and Flight Styles: First Step towards Predicting the Flight Modes of Mesozoic Birds," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 6(12), pages 1-8, December.

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