Flying dinosaur Microraptor didn't get much mileage from its feathers
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 03:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Microraptor , a small dinosaur that lived in northeast China about 120 million years ago, had feathers on its wings, hind legs and tail. But in all likelihood, it didn’t fly like a bird. Instead, it glided from trees and cruised over “medium distances” – but not very often, according to a study published online Wednesday in Nature Communications.