Sinosauropteryx, first feathered dinosaur
Sinosauropteryx, primer dinosaurio con plumas
- Date
- 1996 · confidence high
- Place
- Sihetun, Beipiao, Liaoning, China
- Credited to
- Li Yumin (discovery); Ji Qiang and Ji Shu'an (description)
- People
- 👤 Ji Qiang1951–👤 Li Yumin1938–👤 Shuan Ji1964–
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
A small theropod from the Jehol biota with a filamentous down covering its body, the first known feathered non-avian dinosaur. It confirmed the origin of birds from dinosaurs.
What it led to
- dozens of feathered dinosaurs from Liaoning
- reconstruction of dinosaur colour from melanosomes (2010)