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Some of our other incredible and long named dinosaur discoveries include a dinosaur with four wings called Anchiornis huxleyi, a gigantic bird raptor called Gigantoraptor Erlianensis and a small feathered dinosaur called epidexipteryx.
Shanghaiist 2010
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Some of our other incredible and long named dinosaur discoveries include a dinosaur with four wings called Anchiornis huxleyi, a gigantic bird raptor called Gigantoraptor Erlianensis and a small feathered dinosaur called epidexipteryx.
Shanghaiist 2010
bilby commented on the word epidexipteryx
"The fossil of a 'bizarre' feathered dinosaur from the era before birds evolved has been discovered in China. Epidexipteryx was very bird-like, with four long ribbon-like tail feathers - probably used in display. But the pigeon-sized creature shows no sign of the flight feathers seen in other bird-like dinosaurs, according to a report in the journal Nature."
- James Morgan, 'New feathered dinosaur discovered', BBC website, 22 Oct 2008.
October 23, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word epidexipteryx
See also Zhang et al 2008 Nature, Epidexipteryx hui, and maniraptoran.
October 23, 2008