The genes that caused scales to become feathers in the early ancestors of birds have been found by US ... How dinosaur scales became bird feathers. 22 November 2017. Share Save. Rory Galloway ...

A chicken-size dinosaur that lived in what is now Germany about 150 million years ago might have used sensory scales on its tail as it foraged for fish at night. These sensory organs, remarkably ...

A 130-million-year-old fossil dinosaur covered with feathers is on display 25 April 2001, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

The question of whether some dinosaurs were covered with either scales or feathers has a new answer: both. Researchers examined the skin of the feathered dinosaur Psittacosaurus from the early ...

On the side of their head, the scales are formed using placode development, similar to birds. But for the top of their head, the scales are formed mechanically, more like a crocodile.

WASHINGTON — One of the most complete dinosaur mummies ever found is revealing secrets locked away for millions of years, bringing researchers as close as they will ever get to touching a liv… ...

Scientists have discovered ‘zoned development’ in dinosaur skin, with areas of reptile-style scales and bird-like skin with feathers. Nilima Marshall Tuesday 21 May 2024 16:00 BST ...

Almost all dinosaurs were probably covered in feathers, Siberian fossils of a tufted, two-legged running dinosaur dating from roughly 160 million years ago suggest. Over the past two decades ...

Cellular structure of dinosaur scales reveals retention of reptile-type skin during the evolutionary transition to feathers. Nature Communications, 2024; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48400-3; ...