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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 23, 2009 14:24:22 GMT
The archaeopteryx, long considered the first bird, has been toppled from that perch by new studies. "Newly discovered fossils have prompted scientists to revamp their assumptions ... ...fossil finds in China demonstrated that feathers coated many dinosaur species, not just birds. Other surprises still may be concealed in trays of unexamined museum specimens. The first and most complete fossil of archaeopteryx, found in 1855, was misidentified as a flying pterodacylus for 115 years. The newest finding demonstrates that our understanding of even well-studied fossils like archaeopteryx -- scrutinized, measured, modeled for 150 years -- can still be upended." Click on the picture to read the entire interesting article.
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