A colourful view of the origin of dinosaur feathers

Michael J Benton

doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01036-z

A colourful view of the origin of dinosaur feathers

Michael J Benton

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Birds and their dinosaur ancestors had feathers, and now it seems that a distantly related group called pterosaurs had them, too. The finding extends the origins of feathers back to long before birds evolved, and sheds light on their role.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	630-631
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	604
Issue number	7907
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01036-z
Publication status	Published - 20 Apr 2022

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