va paleo Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090925/ts_afp/sciencepalaeontologydinosaurbird_20090925085911 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Really good article. Amazing what finds they are getting from China. Would love to read the scientific paper on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 I too want to read the paper; the press always focuses on feathers as a bird's defining characteristic, but it is the body plan that is uniquely avian. The picture of the fossil seems to show steps in that direction; an analysis of the architecture will tell us how far down that road this critter had traveled. My hope is that it is actually more avian than its Troodontid descendants! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Very interesting read I'll go on a hunt for some more information! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 The paper can be downloaded from Nature.(for some reason, I can't upload the file) An article in New Scientist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
va paleo Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share Posted September 25, 2009 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7264/pdf/nature08322.pdf here a link 2 the pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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