feathered dinosaurs
Plumed prehistoric reptiles
Feathered dinosaurs are dinosaurs that possessed feathers, now known from fossil evidence to include many species beyond the lineage that became modern birds.
The discovery that numerous dinosaurs—including some velociraptors and tyrannosaurs—had feathers revolutionized paleontology and blurred the line between dinosaurs and birds.
The museum's exhibit on feathered dinosaurs showed specimens with preserved plumage.
- ArchaeopteryxPrehistoric transitional flying creature
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- transitional fossilsSpecimens showing evolutionary stages
- downToward lower ground
- theropodsCarnivorous bipedal dinosaurs
wing · thermoregulation · warm blooded · nests · predatory behavior · cladistics · tail · talons · eggs · predators · avian · amber · prehistoric · raptor · Jurassic Park · beaks · Velociraptor · flight
- fossilsammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils, fossil
- paleontologydinosaurs, fossil, paleontology, fossil record, fossils
- bird evolutionArchaeopteryx, archaeopteryx, theropod, theropods
- Paleoartprehistoric art, museum dioramas, hunting scenes, prehistoric birds, prehistoric fish
- Asian FossilsPeking Man, Velociraptor, Protoceratops, Gallimimus
feathered dinosaursankylosaurs
Armored plant-eating dinosaurs
crocodilians · stegosaurs · hadrosaurs · sauropods · tyrannosaurids