Studies of pterosaurs, including the reconstructed one pictured above, gave researchers a better idea of the history of feathers, as well as the possibility that some dinosaurs had them. Photo by Yuan Zang/University of Bristol
Feathers came about 100M years before birds, study suggests
Feathers came first, about 100 million years before birds, a study published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution suggests. Researchers discovered down feathers and tufts on two pterosaurs discovered in China. To read this interesting article click on the link (title) above.
