Dinosaur transitional - From carnivore to vegetarian

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And dinosaur depictions look more and more like chickens these days... Where have all the terrible lizards gone?

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Eh, that's the idea now. Generally all the maniraptorians are portrayed with feathers now, that group includes genera such as Velociraptor and Archaeopteryx and Tyrannosaurus. However its unlikely IMHO, that anything over a few tons had feathers, since most of those particular dinosaurs had them only for insulation purposes due to their small size.As for this new transitional dinosaur species, here is the official publishing of it for your enjoyment:Link is fixed:
Click here for PDF of paperHere is also a picture of the reassembled skeleton Utah State Paleontologist James Kirkland. This message has been edited by Palaeos, 06-03-2005 11:17 PM