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    Feathers and filaments of non-avian dinosaurs, part I [Tetrapod Zoology]
    Written by 2000l, February 28th, 2007   

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    By now most people know that feathers are no longer unique to birds. Thanks mostly to a series of wonderful fossils from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China, we now know that feathers first appeared in non-avian theropods, and were - later on - inherited by early birds…

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