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This #Dinosaur Had #Feathers and Probably Flew Like a #Chicken
New insights into the flying capabilities of a nonbird dinosaur were drawn from an unusually well-preserved specimen known as the #ChicagoArchaeopteryx.
#Archaeopteryx specimens have, “maybe more than any other fossil, changed the way that we see the world,” said Jingmai O’Connor, a paleontologist at the Field Museum in Chicago.
nytimes.com/2025/05/14/science
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The New York Times · Fossil Suggests Feathered Archaeopteryx Probably Flew Like a ChickenBy Asher Elbein