Posted on 12/17/2020 6:31:30 AM PST by Rakhi Sarkar
With a mane of yellow and brown fur down its back and long ‘needles’ growing from its shoulders, a peacock-like elaborate dinosaur has been identified. The neck spines of the creature are rare in the fossil record and made of keratin, which is the same protein that makes up parts of our hair, nails and skin. Dubbed Ubirajara jubatus, indigenous Indian for ‘Maned Lord of the Spear’
Experts led from the University of Portsmouth believe the flamboyant spines may have been used to impress prospective mates, and that the dinosaur may have indulged in ‘elaborate dancing’ to show them off.
(Excerpt) Read more at archaeology-world.com ...
Wonder if it tastes like chicken?
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I always wonder how they can tell the color/patterns of the skin/feathers/fur on these fossils.
Maybe Rakhi Sarkar’s the owner of this mysterious Weekly World News for archeology site.
Stay away from that damn little dinosaur the size of a chicken. They do this spooky thing where they spit this black tar crap in your face and blind you, then you’re dead.
No joke.
They can’t.
Very possible!
A newfound feathered dinosaur sported fuzz and weird rods on its shoulders
The chicken-sized carnivore is the first feathered dino fossil found in the Southern Hemisphere
By John Pickrell
DECEMBER 14, 2020 AT 6:45 PM
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dinosaur-fuzz-rods-feathers-first-southern-hemisphere
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