This theory is based on the discovery of a fossilized psittacosaurus, which had scales similar to those of modern reptiles across most of its body, but feather-specific skin on its tail only, ...
'The critical transition from scaled to feathered skin is poorly understood,' researchers wrote in a paper. The earliest feathered dinosaurs may have evolved their bird-like features while still ...
The discovery of a "parrot lizard" fossil could explain how dinosaurs developed feathers. Paleontologists at University College Cork (UCC) have discovered that some feathered dinosaurs had scaly skin, ...