Did pterosaurs have feathers? Scientific debate takes flight in new study

Debate is raging about whether pterosaurs, flying reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs, had feathers or not. Two years ago a study claimed to have found fossil evidence of “protofeathers” on pterosaurs, but now another team claims the evidence doesn’t stack up, and the creatures were instead bald.

Evolution of Feathers

Feathered dinosaur, Description, Size, & Facts

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