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Yutyrannus (meaning "feathered tyrant") is a genus of proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid dinosaur which contains a single known species, Yutyrannus huali. This species lived during the early Cretaceous period in what is now northeastern China. [1]
Sinosauropteryx (meaning "Chinese reptilian wing") is a compsognathid dinosaur. Described in 1996, it was the first dinosaur taxon outside of Avialae (birds and their immediate relatives) to be found with evidence of feathers. It was covered with a coat of very simple filament -like feathers.
In 2016, the discovery was announced of a feathered dinosaur tail preserved in amber that is estimated to be 99 million years old. Lida Xing, a researcher from the China University of Geosciences in Beijing, found the specimen at an amber market in Myanmar.
11 sty 2023 · Read the paper: Two feathered dinosaurs from northeastern China. Second, if these structures were indeed similar to bird feathers, then feathers could not have originated for flight.
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4 kwi 2012 · 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...
13 paź 2021 · Life. T. rex with feathers: China’s fossils are rewriting the dinosaur story. Twenty-five years ago, Chinese scientists revealed the first feathered dinosaur. Since then, they have unearthed a...
29 wrz 2022 · Since 1996, nearly 50 new feathered dinosaur species have emerged from the fossil fields of China. Palaeontologists thought they had a good idea of the diversity of these fluffy carnivores....
