Sinosauropteryx
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Sinosauropteryx is an extinct genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs. Described in 1996, it was the first dinosaur taxon outside of Avialae to be found with evidence of feathers. It was covered wi
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Skeletal diagram of S. prima showing known remains of the holotype and a referred specimen
Counter slab of the S. prima holotype, on display at the Geological Museum of China
S. prima holotype and referred specimen with diagrams showing feathers and internal tissue
Compsognathus
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Compsognathus is a genus of small, bipedal, carnivorous theropod dinosaur. Members of its single species Compsognathus longipes could grow to around the size of a chicken. They lived about 150 million
Sinosauropteryx
…3.51 feet) in length, with an estimated weight of 0.55 kilograms (1.21 pounds). It was considered a close relative of the similar but older genus Compsognathus, with both genera belonging to the family Compsognathidae, though subsequent analyses did not recover this family to be monophyletic and placed…
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Joseph Oberndorfer acquired this fossil in Bavaria, Germany, in 1859. Shown here is a cast at the Bavarian State Institute for Paleontology and Historical Geology.
The fossil from Canjuers, France
Evidence from related species suggests that the body might have been covered with feather-like structures.