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Oldest Feathered Dinosaur Found Saturday, September 26, 2009 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> General Science   
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Chinese scientists have discovered a near-complete fossil of the oldest bird-like dinosaur, and their find suggests such feathered animals were present on Earth more than 150 million years ago. The fossil of the four-winged species, Anchiornis huxleyi is dated to the Late Jurassic period, 151-161 million years ago. This eclipses the previous oldest such species, the 150-million-year-old Archaeopteryx lithographica, found more than a century ago in Germany. (source: nature.com)
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