Early Birds of a Feather Mated Together? (3 of 9) (IMAGE)

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Early Birds of a Feather Mated Together? (3 of 9)

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This is skeleton of an ornithomimid dinosaur that preserves evidence of fossil feathers. 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 Royal Tyrrell Museum]

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