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A gigantic feathered dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China

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  • Xing Xu

    (Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xiwai Street, Beijing 100044, China
    Liaoning Paleontological Museum, Shenyang Normal University, 253 North Huanghe Street, Shenyang 110034, China)

  • Kebai Wang

    (Zhucheng Dinosaur Museum, Zhucheng)

  • Ke Zhang

    (School of the Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, 28 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, China)

  • Qingyu Ma

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

  • Lida Xing

    (University of Alberta, 11145 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada)

  • Corwin Sullivan

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

  • Dongyu Hu

    (Liaoning Paleontological Museum, Shenyang Normal University, 253 North Huanghe Street, Shenyang 110034, China)

  • Shuqing Cheng

    (Zhucheng Dinosaur Museum, Zhucheng)

  • Shuo Wang

    (Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xiwai Street, Beijing 100044, China
    Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China)

Abstract

The discovery of a new species of Tyrannosaurus relative from the Early Cretaceous of China, some 125 million years old—the largest feathered creature known, living or extinct—has implications for early feather evolution.

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  • Xing Xu & Kebai Wang & Ke Zhang & Qingyu Ma & Lida Xing & Corwin Sullivan & Dongyu Hu & Shuqing Cheng & Shuo Wang, 2012. "A gigantic feathered dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China," Nature, Nature, vol. 484(7392), pages 92-95, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:484:y:2012:i:7392:d:10.1038_nature10906
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10906
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