The phrase "dinosaur feathers" refers to the discovery that some dinosaurs had feathers, similar to birds. It shows that dinosaurs were not only scaly, but also had a feathery covering, which changed our understanding of them. Full definition
Read on to learn about the variety — and possible purposes — of dinosaur feathers. (parksconservancy.org)
Past reconstructions of color from fossils, like those in dinosaur feathers, have focused on melanin, the pigment that gives your skin its hue and produces a variety of reds, browns, and blacks elsewhere in nature. (sciencemag.org)
Dinosaur feathers provided key support for Ostrom's earlier proposal that birds had evolved from small, swift predatory dinosaurs. (newscientist.com)