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Crested Diapsid Reptile from Middle Triassic Shakes Up Feather Evolution Theories


Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of Triassic drepanosauromorph diapsid with striking integumentary appendages -- which are neither feathers nor skin -- based on two well-preserved skeletons and associated specimens.

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