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New Jurassic flier

By Janet Raloff / August 23, 2012

An artist’s depiction of what the new pterosaur might have looked like.
Credit: M. Van Rooijen

Amazingly well-preserved fossil depicts a novel flying reptile from the age of dinosaurs

Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils | Tagged 150 million, Bellubrunnus, Brunn, David Hone, dinosaur, flying, fossil, getinvolved, Jurassic, pterosaur, Rhamphorhynchus, Solnhofen, topstories, University of Bristol

Dino find ruffles feathers

By Stephen Ornes / July 27, 2012

The skeleton of Sciurumimus albersdoerferi, embedded in a limestone slab, suggests that feathers might have been the norm for dinosaurs. Credit: H. Tischlinger/Jura Museum Eichstatt

Nearly-perfect, newfound dinosaur fossil reveals more dinos were feathered than previously thought

Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils | Tagged carnivore, coelurosaur, dinosaur, evolution, feathers, fossil, getinvolved, Luis Chiappe, Mark Norell, meat-eating, megalosaur, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, paleontologist, paleontology, protofeather, topstories