Did pterosaurs have feathers? Scientific debate takes flight in new study
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Last updated 16 junho 2024
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Debate is raging about whether pterosaurs, flying reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs, had feathers or not. Two years ago a study claimed to have found fossil evidence of “protofeathers” on pterosaurs, but now another team claims the evidence doesn’t stack up, and the creatures were instead bald.
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Quetzalcoatlus, Dinopedia
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Evolution of Feathers
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Major Evolutionary Discoveries of 2021
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Pterosaurs Article, Pterosaurs Information, Facts -- National
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Scientists find mother lode of pterosaur eggs in China
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Pterosaurs may have controlled coloring of feathery plumage
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Is the Quetzalcoatlus truly the largest flying animal? – Et illuminare
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Pterosaur - an overview
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Pterosaurs 10 times heavier than biggest birds
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