Carnivourous Dinosaur Protofeather from Koonwarra (IMAGE)

Uppsala University

Carnivourous Dinosaur Protofeather from Koonwarra

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A cache of 118 million-year-old fossilized dinosaur and bird feathers has been recovered from an ancient lake deposit that once lay beyond the southern polar circle.

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Melbourne Museum

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