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 | | The integumental structures of Sinornithosaurus are are different from most modern avian feathers in their apparent lack of barbules. | | | "A clump of at least six plumulaceous feathers is preserved anterior to the chest, with some showing well-developed vanes. | | | Phylogenetic analysis indicates that they are both more primitive than the earliest known avialan (bird), Archaeopteryx. |
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| | How much earlier feathers may have evolved is not clear, so Triassic and earlier Jurassic theropods may or may not have been insulated. | | | I would think, therefore, it would be logical to assume dinosaurs, except the large forms, as indicated by skin impressions and large modern mammals, would be feathered. | | | A full body covering is very possible if not probable. |
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| | Feathered Dinosaurs: The Bird-Dinosaur Connection |
| | This dinosaur got its name, “good mother lizard,&; from the fossil evidence of its maternal behavior. | | | Its toothless jaw indicates it might have had behavioral and eating habits similar to an ostrich. | | | A downy covering of feathers on a baby T. rex would have helped it retain body heat. |
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| | This means that no conclusions can be drawn only on negative evidence of feathers if the skin is not preserved. | | | The articulation of the shoulder is in such a position that Sinornithosaurus could flap with its arms. | | | There seems to be no remains of external skin. |
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| | Natural Selection: subject gateway to the natural world |
| | This interactive exercise provides basic dinosaur information in the form of a collection of individual profiles containing text and a drawing of each animal. | | | The site explores life history and ecology, the types of fossil remains that provide the evidence, and morphology. | | | Described as 'an event that would rock the scientific world' this first nearly complete skeleton changed our view of natural history. |
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| | BBC News SCI/TECH The feathered dinosaurs of Liaoning |
| | They have a primitive wishbone, the bone in the chest that braces the body against the flight muscles in birds. | | | But the story is not simple, not least because there are so many different creatures of various sizes, ranging from pigeon to pony covered with plumage ranging from fluff to feather. | | | About the size of the pigeon, Microraptor also had feathers. |
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| | The feathers were probably used as insulation, keeping in body heat. | | | These finds reinforce the theory that birds evolved from dinosaurs. | | | Although these new species had some form of primitive feather, these feathers were symmetrical in cross-section which made then useless for flight (asymmetry is neccessary to provide lift). |
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| | Darwinism’s Fine Feathered Friends—A Matter of Interpretation |
| | Modern examples of such stabilization may be seen in the roadrunner and ostrich. | | | Phylogenetic analysis indicates that they [Caudipteryx and Protoarchaeopteryx] are both more primitive than the earliest known avian (bird), Archaeopteryx. | | | Rather, God was involved and active in creating all kinds and stages of dinosaur and bird life, not to mention all other life—the first, the last, and all the forms along the way to the advent of modern humans. |
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| | Did feathered dinosaurs exist? |
| | Innovative research and a comprehensive consideration of the old can also inspire new interpretations, as researchers recently found when examining the evidence supporting the current theory about feather origins and the relationships of birds and dinosaurs. | | | However, the researchers found that the vast majority of evidence supports a 2-3-4 digit identity for bird wings. | | | They suggest that 'protofeathers' described on fossil findings "are probably the remains of collagenous fiber 'meshworks' that reinforced the dinosaur integument." Based on their examination of fossilized remains of dinosaurs with no relationship to birds, they suggest that decomposition of skin can lead to patterns resembling feathers. |
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| | The new discovery shatters this long-standing convention, and proves that feathers can no longer be considered the central defining characteristic of what is and what is not a bird. | | | "But the same fossils that solidify the relationship between birds and dinosaurs are blurring the definition of what precisely constitutes a 'bird.' Our continued research in the fossil-bearing beds of Liaoning Province will almost certainly yield more discoveries that will illuminate this complex question." | | | The potential use of feathers to retain body heat would argue against a strictly cold-blooded metabolism, although it does not mean that dinosaurs or early birds had metabolisms comparable to those of birds today. |
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| | Flight is something that certain kinds of dinosaurs achieved as they evolved longer arms. | | | Instead, they probably served as insulation, much as fur does for mammals. | | | It is difficult for a non-paleontologist to appreciate the heat with which this seemingly dry question has been, and is being, argued. |
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| | Natural History Magazine Feature |
| | Vocal critics of the theropod theory of bird origins often point to the lack of dromaeosaurs in sediments the same age or older than those that contained Archaeopteryx. | | | As more evidence of ancient life comes to light, we can refine our vision of dinosaurs and birds-as-dinosaurs. | | | A reasonable idea, although difficult to verify, is that theropods developed featherlike structures in tandem with warm-bloodedness. |
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| | The shoulder girdle and wishbone are extremely bird-like and similar to those of Archaeopteryx, supporting the view that dromaeosaurs (like Velociraptor and Deinonychus) are the dinosaurs that, at least skeletally, are the most similar to birds (even more-so than Archaeopteryx in some respects). | | | This theory would explain why the most bird-like of dinosaurs, the dromaeosaurs such as Velociraptor, all post-date Archaeopteryx. | | | The idea that some dinosaurs evolved from birds, the opposite of the "orthodox" theory, is not new. |
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| | The dates when birds and feathers first evolved are among the most controversial and hotly debated topics in paleontology, and researchers are already taking sides on this latest claim. | | | "These kinds of structures are very similar to down feathers in early hatchlings of ostriches or emus. | | | He believes only feathers could make such marks. |
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| | Feathered Dinosaurs: The Bird-Dinosaur Connection |
| | Ryan added, “Other bird-like behavior, such as nesting, was probably common to most dinosaurs, even plant-eating duck-billed dinosaurs like Maiasaura. | | | A modern-day ostrich brooding over its nest is also included to show the behavioral similarities between modern-day birds and dinosaurs. | | | Ryan pointed out, “Some, like Caudipteryx and Sinosauropteryx, have well-developed feathers with elaborate patterning, similar to those seen in many living birds. |
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| | Science News Online (6/27/98): Feathered Dinosaurs Found in China |
| | A few researchers, however, have pecked at the theory, arguing instead that birds evolved from four-legged arboreal reptiles. | | | Critics of the bird-dinosaur theory remain unflappable in the face of the new evidence. | | | What’s more, their feathers had a symmetrical shape like that seen in flightless birds today. |
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| | Dinosaurs American Museum of Natural History |
| | These primitive feathers may have served to keep the animal warm, much as hair does on mammals. | | | Fish swim by and animals from tiny mammals to large dinosaurs make their way through the forest. | | | Birdlike dinosaur with short, featherlike fibers on body |
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| | Discussions about changes in the conceptions we have of dinosaurs' environment, posture, behaviour, etc. | | | Information about the recently discovered extremely birdlike, some feathered theropods, debates on the origin of flight, on the skin of dinosaurs... | | | The proofs for the existence of an extraterrestrial impact at the end of the Cretaceous, and a discussion about the circumstances of the extinction, together with comments on other hypotheses. |
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| | Feathered dinosaurs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Direct evidence to support the theory was missing, however. | | | For example, while it was once believed that birds simply evolved from dinosaurs and went their separate way, some scientists now believe that some dinosaurs, such as the dromaeosaurs, may have actually evolved from birds, losing the power of flight while keeping the feathers in a manner similar to the Ostrich and other ratites. | | | The dromaeosauridae family in particular seems to have been heavily feathered, and at least one dromaeosaurid, Cryptovolans, may have been capable of flight. |
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| | CNN - Scientists: Fossils prove that birds evolved from dinosaurs - June 24, 1998 |
| | He said the feathers on the dinosaurs probably evolved for warmth, suggesting that some of the animals may have been warm-blooded. | | | A model of what the Caudipteryx may have looked like | | | Feathers covered its body but there is no preserved evidence of wing feathers. |
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| | But in most cases the fossils were jumbled or incomplete-making it unclear how the featherlike structures related to the animal's body. | | | Critics of the widely accepted theory that modern birds evolved from dinosaurs have questioned the validity of these "feathered" dinosaurs, claiming that the feather-like structures were not primitive feathers or that the specimens were mixed-up fossils of primitive birds and dinosaurs. | | | "Modern birds are warm-blooded and their feathers play an integral role in keeping them warm, so a reasonable idea is that non-avian dinosaurs developed primitive feathers at the same time that they developed warm-bloodedness," says Norell. |
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| | But “in their body form they look...more like those slender, meat-eating dinosaurs called theropods.&; | | | A therizinosauroid dinosaur with integumentary structures from China | | | For instance, the animals were the same size and all had body feathers, but two of them had much shorter arms than the third. |
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| | News / Feathered Dinosaurs? - Institute for Creation Research |
| | Macroevolution theory states that modern birds are simply feathered dinosaurs. | | | Dinosaur discoveries of the past, such as Sinosauropteryx (meaning ‘first Chinese dragon feather’) and its “protofeathers” were seen by evolutionist John Ostrom as nothing of the sort. | | | Those holding to an evolutionary worldview are sometimes quick to see such unique structures as possible transitions. |
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| | Provides arguments against the theory that birds evolved from dinosaurs, such as the Sinosauropteryx prima. | | | However, two more types of feathered dinosaurs were found in 1998, supporting very strongly the theory that birds evolved from dinosaurs. | | | Provides evidence that dinosaurs were warm blooded, like birds and mammals. |
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| | Feathered Dinosaurs - CreationWiki |
| | There is evidence that in at least some cases these so called feathered dinosaurs are really misidentified birds. | | | Dromaeosaur was found in China, and did have feathers. | | | It must, however, in all fairness be pointed out that the hoax was revealed by evolutionists within 3 months, indicating some quality control is applied. |
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| | Dinosaur Questions and Answers |
| | Dinosaurs: What exactly are they, when did they live, and how did they die? | | | Is there other evidence that humans and dinosaurs lived together? | | | Dinosaur bones: Just how old are they really? |
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| | Chinese paleontologists have found the remains of a 121 million year-old feathered dinosaur, providing what could be the most graphic evidence yet that birds are living representatives of the extinct animals. | | | But of all the dinosaurs, Chiappe said, the line that led to birds is among the least likely to have been warm-blooded. | | | The two slabs are complementary; a comparison of photographs of the two sides shows that in places where the line of down along the spine is missing in one slab, it is present in the other. |
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| | Media Center NC Museum of Natural Sciences |
| | Regardless of the widespread presence of feathers in dinosaurs, the theory that birds evolved from dinosaurs is supported by more than 125 osteological characters that are uniquely shared by these two groups of animals. | | | The book combines the scientific studies of 20 palaeontologists on the evolution of dinosaurs to birds. | | | Most evidence suggests that feathers were initially used for insulation and display. |
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| | "Feathered" Fossil Bolsters Changing Image of Dinosaurs |
| | Norell said the new fossil and similar evidence of feathered dinosaurs acquired in the past decade is "radically" altering common ideas about the nature of dinosaurs such as theropods. | | | The anatomical details in the new specimen are so well etched that the scientists who analyzed it could discern a herringbone pattern in some of the creature's primitive feathers and even observe how they were attached. | | | Clark said the new fossil is important because it offers far more complete and compelling evidence of "feathered dinosaurs" than most of the other similar specimens that have turned up in recent years, which have shown only patches of feathery fibers. |
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| | Feathered Dinosaurs and the Origin of Flight |
| | Both historical illustrations and original life restorations are included to demonstrate the changing image of these remarkable animals. | | | The search for what came before Archaeopteryx is addressed with evidence that will significantly change the popular and widely held current beliefs of scientists and the general public. | | | Some of the most controversial questions concerning the relationship of birds and dinosaurs are answered based on amazing new fossils that have spectacular details preserved. |
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| | Ma—millions of years. The dates shown are given in the exhibit. Such dates are not accepted within a biblical framework. | | | The point to draw is not that the “popular” hypothesis is wrong, but that the jury is still out. Claims that birds arose from the Maniraptora [dinosaur classification including theropods, defined by the closeness of the fossil to modern birds | | | Regarding the claims of birds evolving from dinosaurs, this anti-creationist goes on to say: |
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| | Chinese Dinosaurs - Feathered dinosaurs of China |
| | Skeletons of several kinds of small dinosaurs and primitive birds have been unearthed by farmers since 1994 in the north-eastern Chinese province of Liaoning. | | | Recent discoveries in China demonstrate that birds evolved from small, meat-eating dinosaurs called theropods. | | | The bird-like dinosaurs and dinosaur-like birds were found near the villages of Jianshangou and Sihetun, in rocks aged between 120 and 145 million years old. |
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| | SCIPIONYX SAMNITICUS |
| | But the case might be more complicated, so it can become even more interesting in the future. | | | Once again the press shows its powers of distortion in ignorant, misleading headlines. | | | then there are even more bird-like dinosaurs still to be unearthed from those quarries! |
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| | Deccan Traps Volcanism-Greenhouse Dinosaur Extinction Theory by Dewey McLean | | | You may also find our list of Paleontological Resources useful. | | | Dinosaurs in Art: The Paleo Art of Michael Skrepnick |
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| | Dinosaurs at Embracing the Child |
| | There are even amusing tidbits on the history of paleontology itself — like a pop-up version of a Victorian New Year's dinner in the belly of a dinosaur model, or a pair of scientists locked in a literal tug-of-war over bones. | | | The author focuses on the tough new questions scientists are asking right now, the evidence they've gathered, the hypotheses that are developing from the evidence, and the unknowns that remain. | | | Chris Sloan's 2000 book Feathered Dinosaurs introduced kids to the radical idea that some dinosaurs had feathers and that birds are, in fact, a subset of dinosaurs. |
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| | THE NEW CHINESE REVOLUTION PART 3 |
| | It is difficult to think of a terrestrial animal with such enormous, specialised hands. | | | Even if the probability of their arboreality has always remained more than an educated possibility, fully convincing hard evidence has been lacking for a very long time... | | | An animal with such a specialised digit most probably represents the first hard evidence of dinosaur arborealism. |
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| | Dinosaur Garden Plants |
| | The temperature tolerances are indicative of the climate conditions when the plants evolved. | | | Your park will have a representative group of feathered dinosaurs. | | | They could be used to create a dinosaur garden or park that would give you great pleasure, add beauty to your community, and help re-establish living fossil plants. |
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| | Category:Feathered dinosaurs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This category contains dinosaurs that have been shown by fossil evidence to have been feathered. | | | Primitive birds belong in Category:Prehistoric birds, though transitional fossils may belong in both. | | | The main article for this category is Feathered dinosaurs. |
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| | Feathered - FEATHERED SERPENT |
| | While evolutionary principles fail to explain feathered dinosaurs, Richard Monastersky, "Feathered Dinosaurs Found in China," Science News, 153 (1998), | | | Our feeders make an ideal present and look great in any | | | Feathered Friends Not Overlooked in Katrina Recovery Efforts |
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| | Australian Museum - Ferocious feathered dinosaurs fly in to Sydney to prove dinosaurs aren?t extinct! |
| | Some of these models have more than 7,000 feathers which must be glued so they sit properly and look life-like. | | | The ferocious-looking models, created by Australia’s Alan Groves, whose credits also include working in Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, the BBC Visual Effects Department and “Walking with Dinosaurs”, have been reconstructed using fossil evidence found in China. | | | “I believe that most people still don’t realise the significance of this amazing discovery - that dinosaurs are NOT extinct. |
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| | Spectacular Feathered Dinosaurs from |
| | Below are some new works of feathered dinosaurs such as Cryptovolans pauli, Caudipteryx zoui, | | | He recently contacted Dinosaur Art and Modeling and shared some very interesting photos of sculpts of a variety of feathers dinosaurs. | | | I'll include a number of images for your enjoyment. |
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| | Dinosaur Books & Videos - Your Purchase Saves Animals |
| | Choose from one of the many books listed on Animail.com, or use one of our search boxes to access Amazon.com's entire assortment of books, videos, and other items. | | | Search For 'Dinosaur Books and Videos' and other Products at Amazon.com | | | We've teamed up with Amazon.com to offer you a great selection of Animal and Dinosaur Books, Videos, and other great products. |
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| | Yale Peabody Museum: Treasures & Explorations: China’s Feathered Dinosaurs |
| | The feathered dinosaur fossils were deposited in a lakebed in Liaoning Province in what is now northeastern | | | of Sinosauropteryx prima (“first Chinese dragon feather”), found at Sihetun in 1996. | | | finds to date have been the remains of feathered dinosaurs. |
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| | Feathered Dinosaur Society |
| | Anyway, the Feathered Dinosaur Society is basically for anyone who supports the idea of feathered dinosaurs. | | | On this site there are links to sites featured information supporting feathered dinosaurs, feathered dinosaur art, recommended reading lists, and even information on how to join. | | | Welcome, to the Feathered Dinosaur Society, the society for feathered. |
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| | The Dinosaur Museum in Blanding, Utah |
| | This web site was made possible, in part, by funding from the Utah Humanities Council. | | | Find the answers to these questions and more in | | | The Dinosaur Museum is a not-for-profit public charity. |
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| | All other designated trademarks, copyrights and brands are the property of their respective owners. | | | You might try modifying your search term or selecting one of the department links below. | | | Author(s): Currie, Philip J. Sloan, Christopher Publisher: National Geographic Society Format: Hardcover Bargain Book Copy Overview: Looks at the evidence of dinosaurs with skeletal structures and feathers so similar to birds and why that is... |
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| | F/S: Glut 4 books set - Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia + Suppl. | | | Re: Largest Dinosaurs (combined answer) David Marjanovic | | | re: stealthy maybe, dinosaur no Mickey Rowe |
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