美国洛杉矶县自然历史博物馆恐龙研究院负责人刘易斯·齐亚比说，这块皮肤上也没有长羽毛的恐龙所拥有的典型的羽囊。
And the skin also doesn't have the follicles that are typical of feathered dinosaurs, said Luis Chiappe, director of the dinosaur Institute at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
他和他的团队在分析了Samrukia化石之后获得了这个发现。这些化石此前曾被修整以使其看起来像一只oviraptorosaur(一种长羽毛的恐龙)。
He and his team made the discovery after analyzing the fossil for Samrukia, which previously had been modified by someone to resemble an oviraptorosaur (a type of feathered dinosaur).
中华龙鸟实质上应该属于古生物学家所认为的非鸟恐龙，尽管它长有羽毛。
Sinosauropteryx, in fact, was what paleontologists call a non-avian dinosaur, even though it had feathers.
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