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Feathered Dragons: Studies on the Transition from Dinosaurs to Birds (Life of the Past)

Feathered Dragons: Studies on the Transition from Dinosaurs to Birds (Life of the Past)
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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #778922 in Books
  • Published on: 2004-04
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  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 361 pages

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Never Heard Dinosaurs Called Dragons...4
The first reports of "feathered" dinosaurs (aka dragons) came out of China in 1997. Here in the U. S., Dr. John Ostrom examined one he termed BABGIRAPTOR FEINBERGI in October, 1997, in Montana. At the Fort Lauderdale Convention Center in April, 2000, he gave thirty-five talks about his find. Michael W. Skrepnick made the unusual illustration of this 'find' which looks like a giant baby duck. This is the cover for "Feathered Dragons."

Dr. Ostrom revealed finding a DEINONYCHUS in 1969, an unusual discover in paleontology which shows that dinosaurs were the logical ancestors of birds. Guess they at a lot to get so big.

It was thought that they were a primitive form of Asian bird. The early dinosaurs had avian traits and could fly. They laid eggs like birds do, but fish do, too. They could be a combination of the two but how'd they get so large.

The feathered COELUROSAURS were found in China and the SINOSAUROPTERYX were in Patagonia and Mongolia. The editors all all specialists in the field of dinosaurs. There were various contributors to this study of feathered "dragons."

"Life of the Past" was by James O. Farlow.