"You gradually go from the long arms and huge hands of non-avian Maniraptorans to something that looks like the chicken wing you get at KFC," says Sues.
“非鸟手盗龙的长臂和巨掌逐渐演化成你在肯德基中经常看到的烤鸡翅,”苏伊士说。
All these feather types have been found in fossil impressions of theropods, the dinosaur suborder that includes Tyrannosaurus rex as well as birds and other Maniraptorans.
所有这些羽毛类型在兽脚亚目的印痕化石中都被找到了,兽脚类属于恐龙亚目,包括了雷克斯霸王龙、鸟类以及其他手盗龙。
The fossils finally have confirmed, to all but a few skeptics, that birds descended from dinosaurs and are the living representatives of a dinosaur lineage called the Maniraptorans.
除了少数几位持怀疑观点的学者外,大多数古生物学家都认为,这些化石最终证实了鸟类起源于恐龙,是手盗龙(Maniraptorans)恐龙谱系的现存代表生物。
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