Archive for October 28th, 2012

Fossils of First Feathered Dinosaurs from North America Discovered: Clues On Early Wing Uses

The ostrich-like dinosaurs in the original Jurassic Park movie were portrayed as a herd of scaly, fleet-footed animals being chased by a ferocious Tyrannosaurus rex. New research published in the journal Sciencereveals this depiction of these bird-mimic dinosaurs is not entirely accurate — the ornithomimids, as they are scientifically known, should have had feathers and wings. The […]