BIO 113 — Dinosaurs
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Lab 14
The Evolution of Feathered Dinosaurs & Birds

Diversity of Feathered Theropod Dinosaurs

Feathered dinos

Above: various theropod dinosaurs either known to have feathers based on fossil evidence or closely related to feathered species, all depicted at approximately the same scale.
* indicates model is painted in probable life colors.
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Below: A phylogeny of theropod dinosaurs known to have feathers (dinosaurs not shown to scale)

Feathered dinosaur phylogeny
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Diversity of Extinct Birds

Birds of the Mesozoic Era:

extinct birds
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Large, flightless birds of the Cenozoic Era:

cenozoic birds
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