Earliest Dinos May Have Been Fuzzy


	Earliest Dinos May Have Been Fuzzy

ofcapri

3-18-2009 7:52 PM

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What makes the discovery weird are three patches of what look like filaments or protofeathers along the animal's body and tail. In 2002, scientists working in the same Chinese province described a theropod dinosaur, related to Tyrannosaurus rex, with similar spiky protofeathers

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3-18-2009 11:10 PM

Richclips777

Warm and fuzzy?

3-19-2009 3:23 PM

Anomaly100

Ofcapri:
What really makes the discovery weird is: Some of the other fossils indicated some dinosaurs may have had long hair. Marajuana was also found near the bones. Who could've guessed?

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