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Sinosauropteryx

author: Julius T. Csotonyi/Novapix

reference: t-din03-00050

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 22 cm

A metre-long compsognathid dinosaur, Sinosauropteryx prima, forages for prey in a Cretaceous Chinese forest. This dinosaur is among the growing number whose remains include preserved feather-like integumentary structures, strongly suggesting their close kinship with birds.

Keywords for this photo:

ANIMAL - CRETACEOUS - DINOSAUR - EARTH - HISTORY OF EARTH - ILLUSTRATION - MESOZOIC - SINOSAUROPTERYX - THEROPOD -