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In life, the stiff six-inch spines crowned a pot-bellied herbivore with Freddy Kreuger claws called Beipiaosaurus,
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BBC, Times (UK), Science News etc: A dinosaur's simple feathers fulfill an evolutionary hypothesis A creature called a Beipiaosaurus that lived 120 million years ago or so in what is now China had feathers that some paleontologists had surmised, but never before seen.
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The evolution of the flashy down coat has been traced back to 125 million-year-old dinosaur fossils. worn by Beipiaosaurus, which is a therizinosaur, small-headed theropods with long necks and giant claws.
Livescience.com 2009
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Zhao Chuang and Xing Lida/Chinese Academy of Sciences The Beipiaosaurus, sketch at left, was a flightless cousin of modern birds that thrived in northern China some 125 million years ago.
Early 'Birds' 2009
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The two specimens belong to the genus Beipiaosaurus, a member of the theropod group of dinosaurs.
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When alive, Beipiaosaurus would have sported shorter feathers on its entire body with tufts of long, broad feathers on its head, tail and trunk.
Livescience.com 2009
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Beipiaosaurus,, a previously known species of dinosaur that also sported other types of feathers elsewhere on its body.
Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2009
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A skeleton of a Beipiaosaurus species shows (A) long, broad feathers (yellow arrows) along its body, as seen in the close-up image (B).
Livescience.com 2009
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Initial analyses of the fossils of Beipiaosaurus, a creature first described about
Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2009
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Beipiaosaurus, a feathered dinosaur that lived in what is now China about 120 million years ago, says Xing Xu of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing.
Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2009
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