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Something Like Feathers Grew on a 247-Million-Year-Old Reptile
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Something like feathers grew on a 247-million-year-old reptile - West Hawaii Today
German paleontologists have discovered a 247-million-year-old fossil of a reptile with a bizarre row of plumes sprouting from its back. The elaborate display is a paradox of evolution. The plumes bear some similarities to feathers, even though the newly discovered reptile was not closely related to birds.
Something Like Feathers Grew on a 247-Million-Year-Old Reptile
German paleontologists have discovered a 247-million-year-old fossil of a reptile with a bizarre row of plumes sprouting from its back. The elaborate display is a paradox of evolution. The plumes bear some similarities to feathers, even though the newly discovered reptile was not closely related to birds. Stephan Spiekman, a paleontologist at the Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History in Germany and an author of the new study, said that the d…
With his extraordinary upright comb on his back, he amazes scientists. Therefore, his name, because "Mirasaura" is called "Wundersaurier". The special thing: the comb on his back is not hair or feathers, but a completely new structure. The researchers surprised that the Mirasaura had such complex skin growths, because the reptile lived 247 million years ago. The fossils come from a private collection of Louis Grauvogel, which was handed over to …
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