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Phil Bell, Palaeontologist, Earth Science Faculty, University of New England

New fossil foot analysis reveals the surprising and varied lifestyles of dinosaur bird ancestors

Feet of an Andean condor. Vladimir Wrangel/Shutterstock

Have you ever eaten chicken feet? If you haven’t, you might be surprised to learn there’s actually quite a bit of flesh down there. And scales too! They’re wonderful – and informative – pieces of engineering.

As someone whose speciality is working on fossilised dinosaur skin, I have more than a passing interest in bird feet and the scales of other reptiles (yes, birds are reptiles too).

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