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Incredibly preserved feathered fossils from China

Some dinosaur fossils from China are so well preserved that they have changed our understanding of how dinosaurs looked and behaved. Dr Adam Smith and Dr Wang Qi discuss Sinosauropteryx, and how fossils like it revealed dinosaurs were extremely similar to birds.

Picture: The incredibly detailed Chinese fossil Sinosauropteryxat, at the β€˜Dinosaurs of China’ Exhibition in Nottingham, UK. Β© ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ

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