When is a bird not a bird?

Birds were once thought to have a large number of features exclusive to the group. One by one those features have also been identified in fossils of certain theropod dinosaurs. Now feathers join the list.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature (London) 1998-06, Vol.393 (6687), p.729-730
1. Verfasser:	Padian, Kevin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Birds Dinosaurs Evolution Fossils Humanities and Social Sciences multidisciplinary news-and-views Science Science (multidisciplinary)
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Zusammenfassung:	Birds were once thought to have a large number of features exclusive to the group. One by one those features have also been identified in fossils of certain theropod dinosaurs. Now feathers join the list.
ISSN:	0028-0836 1476-4687
DOI:	10.1038/31576