Chinese dinosaur fossils reveal predators and peacock-like tails (opens in new tab)

Researchers described two small feathered dinosaurs from Early Cretaceous China, adding evidence about how bird-like dinosaurs and early birds shared ecosystems about 120 million years ago. One new species, Jian changmaensis, came from a fossil bed in northwestern China that also contains hundreds of prehistoric bird remains, including clusters of shattered bones compressed into pellet-like masses; researchers said the four-winged, Velociraptor-related glider may have produced them. Scientist...