Early Birds of a Feather Mated Together? (5 of 9) (IMAGE)

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Early Birds of a Feather Mated Together? (5 of 9)

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This shows feathers on the belly and hip region of the feathered dinosaur specimen from Alberta. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Oct. 26, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Darla Zelenitsky at University of Calgary in Calgary, AB, Canada, and colleagues was titled, “Feathered Non-Avian Dinosaurs from North America Provide Insight into Wing Origins."

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[Image courtesy of University of Calgary & Royal Tyrrell Museum]

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