New discovery pushes origin of feathers back by 70 million years
Monday, December 17, 2018 - 11:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
An international team of palaeontologists, which includes the University of Bristol, has discovered that the flying reptiles, pterosaurs, actually had four kinds of feathers, and these are shared with dinosaurs - pushing back the origin of feathers by some 70 million years.