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A feathered dinosaur is any species of dinosaur possessing feathers. That includes all species of birds , and in recent decades evidence has accumulated that many non-avian dinosaur species also possessed feathers in some shape or form.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. Family of theropod dinosaurs Dromaeosaurids Temporal range: Cretaceous Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N A collection of dromaeosaurid fossil skeletons. Clockwise from upper left: Deinonychus antirrhopus (a heavily built eudromaeosaur), Buitreraptor gonzalezorum (a long-snouted unenlagiine ...
Coelurosauria is a subgroup of theropod dinosaurs that includes compsognathids, tyrannosaurs, ornithomimosaurs, and maniraptorans; Maniraptora includes birds, the only known dinosaur group alive today. [5] Most feathered dinosaurs discovered so far have been coelurosaurs.
Many non-avian dinosaurs were feathered. Direct evidence of feathers exists for the following species, listed in the order currently accepted evidence was first published. Direct evidence of feathers exists for the following species, listed in the order currently accepted evidence was first published.
The phylogeny of Compsognathidae organizes this family near the development of feathers in dinosaurs. In 1998, evidence of filamentous protofeathers was presented in a study on Sinosauropteryx , marking the first time that any sort of feather structure was found outside of birds and their related species. [ 28 ]
An outcrop of the Cloverly Formation. The Crow people and other Native American groups inhabiting Montana used to use rocks from the Cloverly Formation to make red pigments. . Since the red pigments are richest in the same layers of the formation that preserve dinosaur fossils, it is likely that Native Americans encountered Deinonychus fossils long before scientifically trained paleontolog
The fossil did not have skin from the dinosaur's feathered regions, but the researchers think these areas had bird-like skin. "This discovery adds nuance to our understanding of feather evolution.
The group (along with all maniraptoran dinosaurs) is close to the ancestry of birds. Some researchers such as Maryanska et al (2002) and Osmólska et al. (2004) have proposed that they may represent primitive flightless birds. [3] [4] The most complete oviraptorosaur specimens have been found in Asia. [5]