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Raccoon-sized dinosaur with `bandit mask` amazes scientists

Published 7y ago

A raccoon-sized, feather-clad dinosaur that roamed China 130 million years ago shared a distinctive trait with the furry modern mammal that topples trash cans in North America: a stripe across their eyes resembling a bandit mask. More »

Raccoon-sized dinosaur with ‘bandit mask’ amazes scientists

Published 7y ago

This figure shows the best-preserved fossil specimen of Sinosauropteryx from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China and an interpretive drawing of the bones, stomach contents, and darkly pigmented feathers. The scale bar represents 50 mm. Photo courtesy of ... More »

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