Dinosaur pen

2001/06/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Paleontologia
• Arkeologia

Paleontologists find in the Chinese province of Liaoning a dinosaur whose feathers are still attached to the body. According to experts, the specimen found is 130 million years old and belongs to the species of dromeosaurs. It has two legs, sharp teeth and a skeleton similar to that of current birds.

Previously feathers have been found next to the dinosaurs, but never until now, stuck to the body. This discovery shows that the original function of lumens was not to fly, but to keep the body warm.