Tianyulong didn't really have true feathers because only theropod dinosaurs can have true feathersd and tianyulong was not a theropod.
But it did have a feather like structure on it's body probably 90% related to feathers but not true feathers more like bristle like proto feathers. Only Theropods and birds can have feathers like the other two, and birds are theropods and reptiles too technically.
right, but you're missing the point. They are mostly analogous to proto-feathers (ala Compsognathus), and heterodontosaurs are the first to branch off of ornithischians (in the early jurassic, probably earlier).
This means that some sort of unbranched, hollow, integumentary system was present on the ancestor of BOTH! See why this is so cool? It means at some point, every lineage of dinosaur had some sort of feather-like covering.
nice vid. what the name of the song (music)
farinango 2 years ago
Tianyulong didn't really have true feathers because only theropod dinosaurs can have true feathersd and tianyulong was not a theropod.
But it did have a feather like structure on it's body probably 90% related to feathers but not true feathers more like bristle like proto feathers. Only Theropods and birds can have feathers like the other two, and birds are theropods and reptiles too technically.
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Grimacebot 2 years ago
right, but you're missing the point. They are mostly analogous to proto-feathers (ala Compsognathus), and heterodontosaurs are the first to branch off of ornithischians (in the early jurassic, probably earlier).
This means that some sort of unbranched, hollow, integumentary system was present on the ancestor of BOTH! See why this is so cool? It means at some point, every lineage of dinosaur had some sort of feather-like covering.
egdeltur666 2 years ago
Great one Ollie!
axelvs94 2 years ago
nice vid 5/5 ^____^
celophysis5454545 2 years ago
Happy Good Friday! ^o^
AwesomeussRex 2 years ago