Pterosaur Feathers
Newly discovered Pterodactyl had ornamental veined feathers on its head!
Newly discovered Pterodactyl had ornamental veined feathers on its head!
“Tupandactylus imperator had whisker-like monofilaments and more complex branching feathers. When examined under a microscope, each type of feather contained different sorts of melanosomes.”
The headline in this synopsis concludes, Pterosaur fossil suggestes feathers may have evolved long before flight". The problem with that statement is that these feathers, though ornamental, are on a flying animal!
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04622-3.pdf
”The Tupandactylus branched structures resemble those in the dromaeosaurid dinosaur Sinornithosaurus millenii, which are considered homologous to avian feathers.”
Rehe Pterosaur Jeholopterus ningchengensis