Beaked, bird-like dinosaur tells story of finger evolution
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 16:42
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Scientists have discovered a unique beaked, plant-eating dinosaur in China. The finding, they say, demonstrates that theropod, or bird-footed, dinosaurs were more ecologically diverse in the Jurassic period than previously thought, and offers important evidence about how the three-fingered hand of birds evolved from the hand of dinosaurs.