Dinosaurs had feathers? Not sure if serious...

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I thought this was fairly well known. There's a lot of prehistoric "halfway point" type of creatures like the Archaeopteryx that have been known to exist. I think birds are related specifically to the theropods, which are the upright, two legged type of dinosaur, so I don't know if the other types of dinosaur had feathers too.

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Theropod dinosaurs, thought to be the direct ancestors of birds, sported birdlike feathers. But were they the only feathery dino group? Godefroit et al. describe an early neornithischian dinosaur with both early feathers and scales. This seemingly feathery nontheropod dinosaur shows that feathers were not unique to the ancestors of birds and may even have been quite widespread.
 
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