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4-Winged Dinosaur Fossil Found

Posted by timothy on from the hunted-to-extinction dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Scientists in China say they have found fossilized remains of a dinosaur with four feathered wings that it probably used for gliding, a find they say strengthens the theory that birds evolved from dinosaurs. See the story on CNN or BBC with a cool rendering of what it possibly looked like or at NYTimes (yadda)."

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  1. Reg-free link by imag0 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Fly over here, you bastards and get your reg-free link

    Four winged freaks!

  2. Re:take this with a grain of salt by gene_tailor · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well, I'm not a fossil expert but the peer reviewers for Nature are buying this one.... or should I say six... Supposedly there are 6 different skeletons of this new species and the find is being published by Nature. See the 'news and views' from Nature here ; the data is here but I think people without subscriptions may not be able to see it. Time will tell.

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  3. Link to BBC story about earlier fake by MrMickS · · Score: 5, Informative

    The BBC has a story about an earlier chinese fake here or here for text browsers.

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  4. Big pictures of it by acomj · · Score: 4, Informative

    National Geographic has some good big pictures / illustrations of it.