The Feathered Dinosaur <i>Microraptor</i> (IMAGE)

University of Southampton

The Feathered Dinosaur <i>Microraptor</i>

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Meet the ancestors: The feathered dinosaur Microraptor pounces on a nest of primitive birds (Sinornis). Both species lived during the Cretaceous Period (~120 million years ago) in what is now northern China.

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Brian Choo.

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