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Dinosaurs' wings 'for courtship not flight'

1,055 views · Published 26 October 2012 · 1:19 · Indexed 2 October 2026

Channel: The Telegraph · 2012 · Pets & Animals

New research based on the discovery of fossils in Alberta, Canada suggests long feathers on prehistoric animals might have been used to attract mating partners rather than to reach for the sky.

Scientists in Canada have unearthed the first fossils of a feathered dinosaur ever found in the Americas, the journal Science reported on Thursday.

The 75-million-year-old fossil specimens, uncovered in the badlands of Alberta, Canada, include remains of a juvenile and two adult ostrichlike creatures known as ornithomimids.
Until now feathered dinosaurs have been found mostly in China and in Germany.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/dinosaurs/9634930/Fossils-of-feathered-dinosaur-species-discovered-in-the-Americas.html

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Dinosaurs' wings 'for courtship not flight'

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