· the 247-million-year-old reptile mirasaura grauvogeli, whose name means grauvogels wonder reptile, had a dorsal crest with previously unknown, structurally complex appendages growing from its. · a triassic reptile with a crest of appendages on its back, which are neither feathers nor skin, is described in nature this week. Their discovery centres on the 247-million-year-old mirasaura grauvogeli, from the grès à voltzia area in northeastern france. · questions about the long held thermo-regulation theory for why feathers evolved on earth follows analysis by maria mcnamara, professor of palaeontology at ucc, and ucc colleagues of the soft tissue of a 247-million-year-old reptile fossil, mirasaura grauvogeli. The impressive appendage on its back looks like a frill of overlapping feathers at first glance, but its much older than the earliest fossilized. A bizarre reptile once scurried through the triassic treetops with an extravagant crest on its back, one made from neither scale, nor bone, nor feather. · a crest on a 247-million-year-old reptile fossil seems to be a new type of appendage made of neither feathers nor hair. Analyses of a collection of fossils that are around 247 million years old, demonstrate that feathers or hair-like protrusions are not unique to birds and mammals. · 247-million-year-old punky reptile had a mohawk made of weird appendages the strange decoration wasnt made of feathers or hair. · the researchers uncovered a mammalian-style contact between the skull and the lower jaw in riograndia guaibensis, a cynodont species that lived 17 million years before the previously oldest. The extinct creatures 247-million-year-old fossils immediately stood out to paleontologists. It featured a dorsal crest lined with previously unknown, structurally complex skin appendages that show some resemblance to feathers. · scientists found a 247-million-year-old reptile, mirasaura grauvogeli, with a feather-like crest that lived in trees. The creature may have used the crest for communication. · origins something like feathers grew on a 247-million-year-old reptile the discovery, in a bizarre animal not closely related to birds, could change how scientists think about the origin of feathers.
Jaw Dropping Discovery 247 Million Year Old Reptile With Proto Feathers
· the 247-million-year-old reptile mirasaura grauvogeli, whose name means grauvogels wonder reptile, had a dorsal crest with previously unknown, structurally complex appendages growing from its....
