Reduced plumage and flight ability of a new Jurassic paravian theropod from China

Pascal Godefroit (), Helena Demuynck, Gareth Dyke, Dongyu Hu, François Escuillié and Philippe Claeys
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Pascal Godefroit: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Helena Demuynck: Earth System Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Gareth Dyke: Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus
Dongyu Hu: Paleontological Institute, Shenyang Normal University
François Escuillié: Eldonia
Philippe Claeys: Earth System Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Nature Communications, 2013, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: Feathered dinosaurs from the Middle-Late Jurassic of north-eastern China have recently been described. Here, a new paravian dinosaur, characterized by less extensive feathers on its limbs and tail, shows that the plumage of theropods was already diversified and adapted to different ecological niches by the Late Jurassic.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2389

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