Dinos’ long tail feathers may have stopped crash landings
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The four-winged dinosaur Changyuraptor yangi (illustrated here next to a person's silhouette for scale) had long tail feathers that may have helped its landings, scientists suggest.
Stephanie Abramowicz, Dinosaur Institute, NHM