| China yields a
flock of downy dinosaurs
A new fossil
discovery suggests that many types of predatory dinosaurs had coats of
downlike fibers.
References:
Xu, X., X.-L.
Wang, and X.-C. Wu. 1999. A dromaeosaurid dinosaur with a filamentous
integument from the Yixian Formation of China. Nature 401(Sept.
16):262.
Further Readings:
Monastersky, R.
1998. Feathered dinosaurs
found in China. Science News 153(June 27):404.
______. 1996. Hints of a downy dinosaur in
China. Science News 150(Oct. 26):260.
Xu, X., Z.-l.
Tang, and X-l. Wang. 1999. A therizinosauroid dinosaur with
integumentary structures. Nature 399(May 27):350.
Sources:
Xiao-Chun Wu
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Academia Sinica
P.O. Box 643
Beijing 100044
People’s Republic of China
Xing Xu
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Academia Sinica
P.O. Box 643
Beijing 100044
People’s Republic of China
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 12, September 18, 1999, p. 183. Copyright ©
1999, Science Service. |