May 6, 2017

Fossil and drawing of Jianianhualong Tengi (Image courtesy Xu, Currie, Pittman et al.)

An article published in the journal “Nature Communications” describes the study of a feathered dinosaur called Jianianhualong Tengi that lived about 125 million years ago in today’s China, in Liaoning Province. A team of researchers studied this animal that was part of the family of troodontids, dinosaurs with various bird-like features, and is very interesting for its asymmetrical feathers, a feature associated with flight.