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New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by yuzjet(m): 9:43am On Jul 17, 2014 |
A team of paleontologists from China, the United States and South Africa has described a new species of a feathered dinosaur that lived in what is now northeastern China during the Cretaceous period, about 125 million years ago. The new dinosaur, named Changyuraptor yangi, belongs to Microraptoria – a specific group of predatory four-winged raptorial dinosaurs. These dinosaurs are dubbed ‘four-winged’ because the long feathers attached to the legs have the appearance of a second set of wings. The long feathers attached to the legs and arms of these creatures have led some scientists to propose that the four-winged dinosaurs were capable of flying. At 1.3-meter-long, Changyuraptor yangi is the biggest of all four-winged dinosaurs. Its well-preserved fossil was unearthed in the Liaoning Province of northeastern China. According to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications, Changyuraptor yangi sported a full set of feathers cloaking its entire body, including the extra-long tail feathers. “At a foot in length, the amazing tail feathers of Changyuraptor yangi are by far the longest of any feathered dinosaurs, " said Co-author Dr Luiz Chiappe From the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The paleontologists believe that the discovery consolidates the notion that flight preceded the origin of birds, being inherited by the latter from their dinosaurian forerunners. Co-author Dr Alan Turner of Stony Brook University said: “numerous features that we have long associated with birds in fact evolved in dinosaurs long before the first birds arrived on the scene. This includes things such as hollow bones, nesting behavior, feathers and possibly flight.” “How well these creatures used the sky as a thoroughfare has remained controversial. The new discovery explains the role that the tail feathers played during flight control. For larger flyers, safe landings are of particular importance.” “It makes sense that the largest microraptorines had especially large tail feathers – they would have needed the additional control,” explained co-author Dr Michael Habib from the University of Southern California. Some will believe that the newly discovered Dinosaur can be a sign of end time. While, Science wil just conclude that its an evolution in the part of the Dinosaurs Cycle. (My opinion though) Your thought? Sourced from: www.scinews.com/paleontology/science-changyuraptor-yangi-feathered-dinosaur-china-02065.html 1 Like
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Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by Smartsyn(m): 7:38am On Jul 19, 2014 |
China!... Sounds like a fiction, and the picture is not even helping.. 35 Likes |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by onihaxy: 7:38am On Jul 19, 2014 |
Cool 1 Like |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by Talkcentral: 7:39am On Jul 19, 2014 |
h |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by koreat(m): 7:39am On Jul 19, 2014 |
I need the real picture and not this left hand drawing 12 Likes |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by Jaideyone(m): 7:39am On Jul 19, 2014 |
OK |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by unyimecc(f): 7:40am On Jul 19, 2014 |
always in China 3 Likes |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by mencade5(m): 7:40am On Jul 19, 2014 |
video of it or adonbelivit 3 Likes |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by Dygeasy(m): 7:40am On Jul 19, 2014 |
I just imagine these things invading Nigeria. #creepy |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by deri4luv1(m): 7:41am On Jul 19, 2014 |
See as dem rush give d dinosaur chinese name 9 Likes |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by Nobody: 7:41am On Jul 19, 2014 |
Na was for this Asian countries o. Na still there dem discover that white Chicken wey get hair like Persian cat and the meat black. God is great sha. 2 Likes |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by Guykhena(m): 7:41am On Jul 19, 2014 |
They're baaaaaacccckkkk Beware! Beware! We're going back to the Triassic era.... 1 Like |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by Callfubu(m): 7:41am On Jul 19, 2014 |
na wa o. still hard to believe that awkward animals like this actually existed. |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by MVLOX(m): 7:41am On Jul 19, 2014 |
na lie o I no believe..... 1 Like |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by onihaxy: 7:41am On Jul 19, 2014 |
Talkcentral: h deri4luv1: . How much are u selling this space? |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by Nobody: 7:41am On Jul 19, 2014 |
I was here |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by adexsimply(m): 7:41am On Jul 19, 2014 |
Hmm...I was expecting a real fossil picture. Anyway, we all know dinosaurs existed. 4 Likes |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by Danj4u: 7:42am On Jul 19, 2014 |
Amazing |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by iceberylin(m): 7:42am On Jul 19, 2014 |
A movie... indeed 1 Like |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by Chiyung(f): 7:42am On Jul 19, 2014 |
Okay, I wud ave luv to c d real One nt drawings |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by adexsimply(m): 7:42am On Jul 19, 2014 |
deri4luv1: .busted |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by Nobody: 7:43am On Jul 19, 2014 |
...'about 125 million years ago'? 5 Likes |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by jnrbayano(m): 7:43am On Jul 19, 2014 |
Ajambene Stories like Kenyapetecus to Zynjatropus to Homo Habilis to Homo Erectus to Homo Sapiens (modern man) Bull crap!! As fake as Andyblaze's posts on the romance section. 8 Likes |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by Mayor21(m): 7:44am On Jul 19, 2014 |
Weird |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by englishmart(m): 7:45am On Jul 19, 2014 |
Wow 1 Like |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by justi4jesu(f): 7:45am On Jul 19, 2014 |
Ewwww.. |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by femmmmi94: 7:45am On Jul 19, 2014 |
wat is dis |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by constance500: 7:45am On Jul 19, 2014 |
Next please |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by searay(m): 7:46am On Jul 19, 2014 |
Not for sale. Beware of the poster below me! |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by Callfubu(m): 7:47am On Jul 19, 2014 |
Smartsyn: China!...they didnt actually discover the dinosaur, read throught well. they discovered it remains. like the bones. so that picture was just projected based on assumption 5 Likes |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by englishmart(m): 7:47am On Jul 19, 2014 |
Talkcentral: h deri4luv1: . Dygeasy: .bunch of space bookers 1 Like |
Re: New Feather Dinosaurs Discovered In China by westbee: 7:47am On Jul 19, 2014 |
Nothing new |
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