University of Alberta-led research reveals that Microraptor, a small flying dinosaur was a complete hunter, able to swoop down and pickup fish as well as its previously known prey of birds and tree dwelling mammals. U of A paleontology graduate student Scott Persons says new evidence of Microrpator’s hunting ability came from fossilized remains in […]
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New fossils show that four different types of birds had stiff feathers on their legs.
March 18th, 2013 
Riffin More than 100 million years ago, birds living in what is now China sported wings on their legs, a new study of fossils suggests. Researchers found evidence of large leg feathers in 11 bird specimens from China’s Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature. The feathers suggest that early birds had four wings, which may have played […]
