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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.” ...
Two exceptionally well preserved reptile skeletons dating back to the Triassic period have totally rewritten our understanding of the evolution of skin appendages such as feathers and hair. Known as ...
During the Triassic period nearly 250 million years ago, a small reptile scurried after insects in the canopy of a lush ...
Body coverings such as hair and feathers have played a central role in evolution. They enabled warm-bloodedness by insulating ...
A 247-million-year-old fossil reptile boasted an enormous crest on its back made from feather-like appendages, long before the appearance of feathered dinosaurs ...
Preserved in tan stone, the fossil of Mirasaura included much of the ancient reptile’s skeleton and a feather-like fan that ...
A bizarre reptile once scurried through the Triassic treetops with an extravagant crest on its back, one made from neither ...
An international team of researchers has published a breakthrough study in the journal Nature showing that early reptiles from the Triassic period had unique structures growing from its skin that ...
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While dino bones from the Late Triassic Period are few and far between, the other clues they left behind can reveal how this ...
I am interviewing my sister Melanie about her publication on the last day of the Mesozoic period, which was published in the ...