>What is the oldest
feathered dinosaur yet found, I thought it was Sinosauropteryx prima
but I'm not entirely certain.
Sinosauropteryx is the most PRIMITIVE feathered dinosaur found.
However, it (and all the other Chinese non-avian dinosaurs with feather
impressions) are from the same formation, which is Early Cretaceous (Barremian
Stage).
Archaeopteryx is the stratrigraphically oldest fossil with feather
impressions. However, phylogenetically it is closer to modern birds than
the Chinese non-avian dinosaurs.
>And does any one
have any pictures of the feathers/dinofuzz that was found on
Beipiaosaurus inexpectus
A
quick websearch found the following link, which has the whole original paper
(figures and all) up on the web. Don't know that they have permission to
do so, so check quickly before it is shut down...
Thomas R. Holtz,
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Paleontologist
Department of Geology
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Program
University of Maryland
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Scholars
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