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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nina Massey

Palaeontologists solve pterosaur feather mystery

Pterosaurs, the flying relatives of dinosaurs, had feathers and were able to control their colours, palaeontologists have discovered.

It had been known that pterosaurs had fluffy coats consisting of hair-like fibres, but whether these were true feathers had been debated.

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