New feathered predatory fossil sheds light on dinosaur flight | #Geology #GeologyPage A new raptorial dinosaur fossil with exceptionally long feathers has provided exciting insights into dinosaur flight. A paper published in Nature Communications on July 15, 2014 asserts that the fossil -- discovered by an international team led by Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) paleontologist Dr. Luis Chiappe -- has a long feathered tail that Chiappe and co-authors believe was instrumental for decreasing descent speed and assuring safe landings. Read more : geologypage/2014/07/new-feathered-predatory-fossil-sheds.html Geology geologypage
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 18:00:01 +0000