October 15, 2015

Skeleton of Citipati osmolskae, a species of oviraptorid theropods

An article in the journal “Nature Communications” describes a study of fossilized eggs of various species of dinosaurs which allowed to infer their body temperature. A team of scientists from UCLA obtained different results and concluded that some dinosaurs were warm-blooded while others had a limited ability to control their temperature, halfway between reptiles and birds.