yuzjet: A team of paleontologists from China, the
United States and South Africa has described a new species of a feathered dinosaur that lived in what is now northeastern China during the Cretaceous period, about 125 million years ago.

The new dinosaur, named Changyuraptor
yangi, belongs to Microraptoria – a specific group of predatory four-winged raptorial dinosaurs. These dinosaurs are dubbed ‘four-winged’ because the long feathers attached to the legs have the appearance of a second set of wings. The long feathers attached to the legs and arms of these creatures have led some scientists to propose that the four-winged dinosaurs were capable of flying.

At 1.3-meter-long, Changyuraptor yangi is
the biggest of all four-winged dinosaurs.
Its well-preserved fossil was unearthed in
the Liaoning Province of northeastern
China. According to a paper published in the
journal Nature Communications, Changyuraptor yangi sported a full set of
feathers cloaking its entire body, including
the extra-long tail feathers. “At a foot in length, the amazing tail feathers of Changyuraptor yangi are by far the longest of any feathered dinosaurs, " said Co-author Dr Luiz Chiappe From the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

The paleontologists believe that the discovery consolidates the notion that flight preceded the origin of birds, being inherited by the latter from their dinosaurian forerunners.

Co-author Dr Alan Turner of Stony Brook
University said: “numerous features that we
have long associated with birds in fact evolved in dinosaurs long before the first
birds arrived on the scene. This includes
things such as hollow bones, nesting behavior, feathers and possibly flight.” “How well these creatures used the sky as a thoroughfare has remained controversial.

The new discovery explains the role that the
tail feathers played during flight control. For
larger flyers, safe landings are of particular
importance.” “It makes sense that the largest
microraptorines had especially large tail
feathers – they would have needed the
additional control,” explained co-author Dr
Michael Habib from the University of
Southern California.

Some will believe that the newly discovered Dinosaur can be a sign of end time. While, Science wil just conclude that its an evolution in the part of the Dinosaurs Cycle. (My opinion though)

Your thought?

Sourced from: www.scinews.com/paleontology/science-changyuraptor-yangi-feathered-dinosaur-china-02065.html

is dis a fiction or the return of d dinosaurs

and what is d end time angle to this....

We have Apes here too in Nigeria, come check it out

jnrbayano: Ajambene

Stories like Kenyapetecus to Zynjatropus to Homo Habilis to Homo Erectus to Homo Sapiens (modern man)

Bull crap!! As fake as Andyblaze's posts on the romance section.

Really?

Apatheist:
Really?

Why are you reallying?

Vidoe of them flying

or


adonbilivit

iceberylin: A movie... indeed

jurassic park on ma mind.

bengreat: ...'about 125 million years ago'?

d earth has actually been in existence about 4billion years ago so talking bout Cretaceous era means 'still very recent'.

Callfubu: they didnt actually discover the dinosaur, read throught well. they discovered it remains. like the bones. so that picture was just projected based on assumption

thanks for the clarification, i for say...

Tot I can be proud to say there was a dinasor in my time. 125 million years ago, even devil na small pikin by that time.

searay: Not for sale.
Beware of the poster below me!

Caveat Emptor

jnrbayano:

Why are you reallying?

Dinosaurs, bullcrap? Really?

125 mln yrs?scientists or whatever they call themselves, are BIG LIARS

Any body with catapult make u shot that evil bird for to chop

Apatheist:
Dinosaurs, bullcrap? Really?

Yes!! Just as they said you and I came from apes.

Ludicrous!! Adonbilivit, never believed it even from primary school.

Billygee2u: 125 mln yrs?scientists or whatever they call themselves, are BIG LIARS

Liars of epic proportions.

They are manipulators too

Sabadon: jurassic park on ma mind.

Exactly.

jnrbayano:

Yes!! Just as they said you and I came from apes.

Ludicrous!! Adonbilivit, never believed it even from primary school.

No one said that. Did you read your biology textbook in secondary school?

Billygee2u: 125 mln yrs?scientists or whatever they call themselves, are BIG LIARS

Big liars? The so-called liars made the phone you're using, the same "liars" made cars, medicine, etc.

Apatheist:
No one said that. Did you read your biology textbook in secondary school?

They said dear. From Kenyapetecus to eventually Homo Sapiens (modern day man)

Didn't you study that as well back then in your Social Studies?

jnrbayano:

They said dear. From Kenyapetecus to eventually Homo Sapiens (modern day man)

Didn't you study that as well back then in your Social Studies?

Lmao.
I'm talking biology, you're talking social studies. Mxm.

its a lie jare

hmmm. soon they will discover dragons

Guykhena: They're baaaaaacccckkkk
Beware!
Beware!
We're going back to the Triassic era....

Isn't it Jurassic??

Apatheist:
Lmao.
I'm talking biology, you're talking social studies. Mxm.

I studied Biology and I liked that subject but are insinuating that social studies never had that evolution mumbo jumbo?

bengreat: ...'about 125 million years ago'?

my brother I'm as stunned as u are. How they manage to generate such is quite alarming. When 1-year seems like eternity now, we can only imagine if this world has really lasted that long. Anyway science=hypothesis

No picture as usual

If these are photos from a new jurassic park movie, then the movie is sure going to be boring as usual..

jnrbayano:

I studied Biology and I liked that subject but are insinuating that social studies never had that evolution mumbo jumbo?

I never said it didn't. It did, but biology explains it in depth.

That crap never existed, chinko's can just come and draw some ish from their weird imagination n expects the whole world to buy it. If anythin as close as this ever existed, I'll be the first to shoot it down. Nonsense

lrguru: my brother I'm as stunned as u are. How they manage to generate such is quite alarming. When 1-year seems like eternity now, we can only imagine if this world has really lasted that long. Anyway science=hypothesis

This is how they calculate, Radiocarbon Dating : http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating

Age of the earth : http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_the_Earth