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Article: Feathery find: scientists discover that some dinosaurs sported feathers.(earth science)
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- SuperScience
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- May 1, 2005
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For a fossil hunter searching for dinosaur remains, no place beats northeastern China's Liaoning (lyee-yow-ning) Province. That's because 130 million years ago, dinosaurs roaming the landscape were buried there in a blanket of sediment. Their bones, teeth, and sometimes even their skin, were perfectly preserved. By studying these fossils, scientists can learn what dinosaurs' lives were like.
Recently, fossil hunters discovered a 2-meter (6.5-foot)long feathered tyrannosaur--in the same family as the towering, toothy T. rex--in Liaoning. After studying this ancient fossil, Mark Norell and Xu Xing, paleontologists at the American Museum of Natural History in New ...