Velociraptor had feathers: study


	Velociraptor had feathers: study

tabsey

9-21-2007 5:10 AM

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tabsey says:

This should settle a few bets.

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9-21-2007 9:22 AM

ericskiff

There's a fossil at the American Museum of Natural History of a raptor (although I don't think it was a velociraptor) with a clear imprint of feathers in the fossilized soil around it.

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