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A fossil feather preserved inside dinosaur poop could help explain why birds survived the mass extinction
A bird feather found in fossilized dinosaur poop is the best-preserved feather ever recovered by paleontologists from dinosaur-era rock, according to a new study.
Tiny feathers encased in fossilized poop are helping scientists understand why some birds made it through the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs and others did not.
Unearthed in Montana, t…
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