It had open pennaceous feathers — soft and fluffy — on much of its body, yet closed, flight-capable feathers on its wings and tail.

"The extensive feathering of this specimen, particularly the attachment of long pennaceous feathers to the pes, sheds new light on the early evolution of feathers and demonstrates the complex ...

The fossil also shows evidence of pennaceous feathers—feathers with a central shaft and vanes—similar to those of modern birds, but with some primitive characteristics. Additionally, Xiaotingia ...

The flat, broad, flight-enabling feathers we see across most of the wings and much of the body surface of living birds are called pennaceous feathers.

Various types of dino-feathers have been found in the fossil record over the last 30 years, such as so-called pennaceous feathers (present in most modern birds).

Some of these dinosaurs had feathers on their tails and small wing-like feathers on their forelimbs (arms). These small wing-like structures called ‘proto-wings’ are composed of special feathers known ...

Small dinosaurs flapped their feathers to scare prey and catch a meal Most dinos died out about 66 million years ago, but but we’re still learning new things about them on a regular basis.

The ancient form of these feathers first emerged in dinosaurs during the Jurassic Period, and these dinosaurs, called Pennaraptorans, had proto-wings made of pennaceous feathers. However, it has been ...

Small omnivorous and insectivorous dinosaurs may have flapped small, feathered primitive wings to scare prey out of hiding places, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. The authors ...