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"The research found that the theropod dinosaur Sinosauropteryx had simple bristles – precursors of feathers – in alternate orange and white rings down its tail, and that the early bird Confuciusornis had patches of white, black and orange-brown colouring…"
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The obvious bird fossil Confuciusornis sanctus, for example, has long slender tail feathers resembling those of a modern scissor-tail flycatcher.
Casey Luskin embarrasses himself again - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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The analysis using a 2004 version of the Theropod Working Group matrix, a matrix unsuited for testing the relationships of birds, and only three avian OTUs only finds that Confuciusornis is a deinonychosaurian, or in their words, that it challenges the monophyly of Aves as currently recognized.
New Archaeopteryx fossil provides further insight into bird, dinosaur evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Confuciusornis - a bird that lived about 125 million years ago in what is now China - show the creature likely had patches of white, black and orange-brown feathers.
U.S. News 2010
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Confuciusornis, probably sported alternating rings of white and orange-brown bristle-like filaments on its tail, the researchers propose.
U.S. News 2010
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Confuciusornis was found to have color variation between blacks and browns in a single feather.
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Confuciusornis was found to have color variation between blacks and browns in a single feather.
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Confuciusornis, probably sported alternating rings of white and orange-brown bristle-like filaments on its tail, the researchers propose.
U.S. News 2010
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The famous bird, Confuciusornis sanctus, was described in 1995 from three partial skeletons, but Chinese workers have discovered many new and complete specimens that show almost all aspects of the skeletal anatomy and much of the plumage.
WN.com - Articles related to Summary Box: Drop in home sales hurts stock market 2010
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The famous bird, Confuciusornis sanctus, was described in 1995 from three partial skeletons, but Chinese workers have discovered many new and complete specimens that show almost all aspects of the skeletal anatomy and much of the plumage.
WN.com - Articles related to Summary Box: Drop in home sales hurts stock market 2010
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