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Updated Dec 21, 2020 | 13:58 IST The scientists have not been able to determine whether the fossil is a male or female. But based on their findings of modern birds, they believe it to be a male. Discovery of chicken-sized dinosaur amazes scientists  |  Photo Credit: Twitter Earlier this year, a 120-million-year-old fossil, that was discovered in China helped researchers and scientists to bridge the gap between dinosaurs and modern birds. After researchers analysed and studied the fossil, the species was dubbed as ‘Wulong bohaiensis’ or 'the dancing drago...

Messelopython freyi remains were recovered from a quarry near Darmstadt The head and body of Messelopython freyi are 'almost completely preserved' Scientists have identified the world's earliest python from 47 million-year-old fossils recovered from a quarry in southwest Germany.  Remains of the new python species, called Messelopython freyi, were discovered in Messel Pit, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near the German city of Darmstadt. ADVERTISEMENT Researchers report in a new paper that the 'completely preserved' species had a length of just over three feet (one metre).  M. freyi, both ...

By JULIAN SHEA in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2020-12-17 09:35 Share CLOSE Well-preserved remains offered many clues about how the creature may have looked. BOB NICHOLLS/PALEOCREATIONS.COM 2020 Scientists may have made a breakthrough in understanding the origins of how birds show off their plumage after finding a previously unknown chicken-sized species with long fur and stiff ribbon-type projections in a collection of samples at the State Museum of Natural History, in Karlsruhe, Germany. An international team, led by the ...

Flamboyance in the age of dinosaurs Dressed to impress, but also to intimidate. Credit: © Bob Nicholls / Paleocreations.com 2020 Ubirajara jubatus was small, about the size of a chicken, but had a prominent mane of long fur down its back and stiff ribbons projecting from its shoulders – features never been seen in the fossil record. Its flamboyance was likely used to dazzle mates or intimidate foe, the researchers say, and sheds new light on how birds such as peacocks inherited their ability to show off. The first non-avian dinosaur described from Brazil’s Crato Formation, a shallow inla...

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