Fierce but furry: feathers were a common dinosaur trait

By Nicky Phillips
Updated August 1 2014 - 10:14am, first published July 25 2014 - 4:00am
Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus. Photo: Illustration: Andrey Atuchin
Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus. Photo: Illustration: Andrey Atuchin

Feathers were a more common feature among dinosaurs than previously thought. The revision follows the discovery of feather-like structures on fossils from a plant-eating dinosaur that lived during the Jurassic period.

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