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	Caudipteryx - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Caudipteryx was a genus of small, peacock-sized Early Cretaceous theropods (members of Theropoda, the group of typically carnivorous dinosaurs) that lived about 125 million years ago.
		Caudipteryx fossils were first discovered in the Liaoning Province of northeastern China in 1997.
		While most scientists consider Caudipteryx hard evidence for the dinosaurian ancestry of birds, some scientists, like the ornithologist Alan Feduccia and the paleontologist specialized in saber-toothed cats Larry Martin, claim that Caudipteryx (along with all other maniraptorans) are not dinosaurs at all, but birds which evolved from a non-dinosaurian ancestor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caudipteryx (447 words)

	Caudipteryx zoui - an oviraptor dinosaur
		Caudipteryx is one of several types of feathered dinosaurs recently discovered in China during 1998.
		Caudipteryx becomes the fourth “feathered” animal to be found near the tiny village of Sihetun in Liaoning Province.
		The existence of Protarchaeopteryx, Sinosauropteryx, and Caudipteryx lends credence to the theory the birds are descended from theropod dinosaurs and not from 4-legged arboreal (tree living) reptiles.
	www.dinosaur-world.com /feathered_dinosaurs/caudipteryx_zoui.htm (675 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Caudipteryx is one of several types of feathered dinosaurs recently discovered in China.
		Caudipteryx was a turkey-sized dinosaur that had feathers, but was unable to fly.
		Some of the evolutionary advantages feathers may have provided to a flightless animal may include the ability to control body heat, some lived in a wetland area, it is easy to imagine it wading into shallow water on its long legs to spear small fish and amphibians with its long sharp teeth.
	www.geocities.com /anthrosaurs/Caudipteryx.html (247 words)

	Caudipteryx - Enchanted Learning Software
		Caudipteryx (meaning "tail feather") was a feathered theropod dinosaur dating from the late Jurassic period to perhaps the early Cretaceous period, roughly 120-136 million years ago.
		Caudipteryx resembled Velociraptor and may be the closest-known ancestor of birds.
		Caudipteryx had long legs, very short arms, and was about the size of a turkey, about 3 feet (1 m) tall.
	www.zoomdinosaurs.com /subjects/dinosaurs/dinos/Caudipteryx.shtml (714 words)

	Matt Martyniuk: Caudipteryx
		It is know known that Caudipteryx had a severely shortened third finger, probably joined to the middle finger and not visible under the feathers.
		It's possible that Caudipteryx had a pygostyle ('parson's nose) at the tip of it's tail vertebrae to support the fan, but the fossil isn't preserved well enough to be absolutely certain of this, and the pygostyle was at any rate much less pronounced than the on on its close relative Nomingia.
		Caudipteryx is shown picking at some rather large seeds that have fallen to the ground in it's lakeside habitat.
	www.azhdarcho.com /Art/Paleoart/caudipteryx.html (302 words)

	Untitled Document
		Caudipteryx was a type of small, peacock-sized Early Cretaceous theropods (members of Theropoda, the collection of typically carnivorous dinosaurs that lived about 125 million years ago).
		Caudipteryx fossils were first exposed in the Liaoning Province of northeastern China in 1997.
		In cladistic analyses, Caudipteryx is usually shown to be closely connected to the Oviraptoridae.
	www.rareresource.com /caudipteryx.htm (227 words)

	Chinese Dinosaurs - Caudipteryx zoui
		Caudipteryx zoui was named in 1998 and was the third feathered dinosaur found in Liaoning Province.
		Caudipteryx means 'tail feather' referring to the tail plume that the dinosaur may have fanned out for display.
		Caudipteryx zoui was a small, bird-like theropod called an oviraptorisaurid, a group that occurred in Asia and Australia during the Cretaceous.
	www.amonline.net.au /chinese_dinosaurs/factsheets/13.htm (131 words)

	Signs of Creation.com
		It was maintained that feathers had been found on one fossil, called Caudipteryx, and that this fossil represented an intermediate form in the so-called evolution of birds.
		The main feature to invalidate the thesis that Caudipteryx might have been the ancestor to the birds is its age.
		Caudipteryx, which Phil Currie attempts to portray as a transitional species, is some 120 million years old.
	www.signsofcreation.com /darwinismwatch07.htm (718 words)

	Caudipteryx (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Caudipteryx is one of the few non-avian dinosaurs for which feathery impressions are known.
		Caudipteryx specimens were at first mistaken for Protarchaeopteryx specimens.
		Caudipteryx had very short forelimbs and symmetrical feathers, meaning that it did not fly.
	www.ircs.upenn.edu /cogsci2000/caudipteryx.html (129 words)

	EXN.ca \| Discovery
		In order to determine where Caudipteryx and Protarchaeopteryx, the other new species discovered, fit into the dinosaur-bird family tree, the research team looked at 90 characteristics seen in dinosaur fossils.
		The analysis showed that Caudipteryx had 80 of those characteristics - 75 of which are not seen in birds.
		The team thus determined that Caudipteryx was very closely related to birds, while Protarchaeopteryx was found to be more primitive.
	www.exn.ca /Stories/1998/06/24/51.asp (762 words)

	Caudipteryx - Animal Details
		The Caudipteryx is a three-foot-tall dinosaur that may be related both to the peacock and the Tyrannosaurus.
		With a name that means "tail feather," Caudipteryx may be the genetic link between dinosaurs and modern birds.
		Like many of the other small predators, Caudipteryx is a pack hunter, combining speed, intelligence, and very sharp teeth to make its kills.
	members.tripod.com /rc-anodizing/PEZT/animalsDD/caudipteryx.htm (424 words)

	Feathered fossil still stirs debate - Caudipteryx fossils still unclassified - Brief Article Science News - Find ...
		When the researchers examined Caudipteryx, they found that its leg proportions matched those of flightless birds and were distinctly different from those of the bipedal dinosaurs.
		Jones also points out that Caudipteryx's leg bones lack indications that the upper leg muscles were major sources of locomotion.
		Instead, he says, the most likely explanation for the animal's distinct body proportions is that Caudipteryx is a bird that for some reason lost the ability to fly.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1200/is_8_158/ai_65301566 (609 words)

	Downy Dinos - EvoWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		While proponents of the “thecodont” hypothesis have largely dismissed the evidence on the dogmatic a priori assertion that birds are not dinosaurs, it is nonetheless pertinent to review the data concerning the integument of allegedly feathered dinosaurs, and examine the alternative arguments put forth by some researchers (e.g., Geist et al 1997).
		In Protarchaeopteryx robusta and Caudipteryx zoui, symmetric remiges and rectrices are preserved, in addition to plumulaceous feathers associated with the abdomen (Ji et al 1998, Padian et al in Tanke and Carpenter 2001, Paul 2002).
		The argument posed by Feduccia (1999) that herbivory in caudipterygians is irrefutable evidence for aviaan status, is directly falsified by the herbivorous or at least omnivorous paleobiology of other oviraptorosaurs, and particularly therizinosaurs—both theropod clades.
	wiki.cotch.net /index.php/Downy_Dinos (3936 words)

	LiveScience.com: World's Ugliest Animals
		Caudipteryx was a peacock-sized theropod that lived about 125 million years ago.
		And just like a peacock, it had long plumed tail-feathers that it may have fanned out for display.
		Caudipteryx also had down feathers covering most of its body that helped to keep it warm.
	livescience.com /bestimg/index.php?url=Avian_Caudipteryx_00.jpg&... (46 words)

	Feathered Dinosaurs
		Caudipteryx was an animal with features of a theropod dinosaur but with feathers over its body.
		Identification of Caudipteryx was made by Currie, curator of dinosaurs at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta.
		Caudipteryx becomes the fourth feathered”; animal to be found near the tiny village of Sihetun in Liaoning Province.
	cas.bellarmine.edu /tietjen/Evolution/Feathers/feathered_dinosaurs.htm (863 words)

	Feathered non-avian theropods found
		The teeth of Caudipteryx were confined to the premaxillary, and were elongate and spike-like, unique among all theropods.
		The forelimbs of Caudipteryx were shorter relative to the femur than in both birds and non-avian coelurosaurs.
		On the dinosaur family tree, Caudipteryx is placed very close to, but more primitive than, Archaeopteryx and all other birds while Protarchaeopteryx is considered to be closely related to the dromaeosaurs.
	www.dinosauria.com /jdp/archie/protocaud.html (541 words)

	CAUDIPTERYX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Caudipteryx is characterised by paired feathers on either side of the end of the tail, long feathers on its arms and evidence that its entire body may have been covered with feathers of some sort, including down-like covering.
		All feathers are symmetrical, and together with the arms (shorter than most other non-avian coelurosaurs) and the long legs indicate that it probably could not fly and was a ground-dwelling runner.
		The original phylogenetic analysis placed Caudipteryx outside Avialae below Archaeopteryx, and more recent analyses have placed it within Oviraptorosaura.
	www.dinoruss.org /de_4/5cabc8d.htm (121 words)

	CNN - Scientists: Fossils prove that birds evolved from dinosaurs - June 24, 1998
		The two species, called Caudipteryx zoui, or "tail feather," and Protoarchaeopteryx robusta, both were fast runners and were probably unable to fly, judging from the short arms and long legs.
		Feathers covered its body but there is no preserved evidence of wing feathers.
		Caudipteryx had more plumage, including a generous tail fan.
	www.cnn.com /TECH/science/9806/23/feathered.dinosaur (797 words)

	Caudipteryx, information and coloring page, by KBears.com
		Caudipteryx lived during the Cretaceous Period in China.
		Although it was not able to fly, the Caudipteryx is closely related to modern-day birds.
		It was found with gizzard stones in its stomach for breaking down food plants and insects.
	www.kbears.com /dinosaurs/caudipteryx/print.html (108 words)

	What? Another feathered dinosaur claim? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Many news agencies have reported on two fossils found in Northern China that are claimed to be feathered theropods (meat-eating dinosaurs).
		The fossils, Protarchaeopteryx robusta and Caudipteryx zoui, are claimed to be ‘the immediate ancestors of the first birds’.
		Caudipteryx even used gizzard stones like modern plant-eating birds, but unlike theropods.
	www.answersingenesis.org /docs/3378.asp (326 words)

	Caudipteryx - Sinofossa Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Its feathers had a symmetrical shape like that seen in flightless birds today, and its hind legs are extremely long, indicating that it was a fast runner animals.
		The holotype skeleton of Caudipteryx zoui, scale bar: 5cm (after Ji et al., 1998).
		Drawing of Caudipteryx zoui (after Ji et al., 1998).
	www.sinofossa.org /sinosaur/caudipteryx.htm (108 words)

	Yale Peabody Museum: Treasures & Explorations: China’s Feathered Dinosaurs
		Feathers (remiges) attaching to the second finger of the hand of Caudipteryx are distinctly more bird-like
		It is nonetheless clear that Caudipteryx could not fly: its arms were far too short and its flight
		Caudipteryx are like those of non-flying birds, with straight shafts and symmetrical vanes.
	www.peabody.yale.edu /explore/cfd/cfd12.html (191 words)

	June 26, 1998, Hour 1: Birds from Dinosaurs?
		The feathers add the fossils, called Protarchaeopteryx and Caudipteryx, to a list of other dinosaurs having birdlike traits - a list that includes Sinosauropteryx, Unenlagia, and the star of Jurassic Park, Velociraptor.
		Supporters of the theory point to hollow bones, the presence of wishbones, and a similar hand design as more links between dinosaurs and birds.
		Above: Paleontologists Ji Qiang of China (standing) and Philip Currie of Canada (right) examine the fossil of Caudipteryx with technician Kevin Aulenback.
	www.sciencefriday.com /pages/1998/Jun/hour1_062698.html (448 words)

	What the hell is a caudipteryx? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The short answer is that a caudipteryx is an early feathered dinosaur.
		It probably did not fly, but might have used its feathers to glide short distances.
		The long answer will have to wait until I have more free time to post pictures, thorough descriptions, and links.
	www.caudipteryx.com /what.is.a.caudipteryx.html (47 words)

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		Caudipteryx means "tail feather".Caudipteryx had long legs, very short arms, and was about the size of a turkey, about 3 feet tall.This
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	From Dinosaur to Bird: Caudipteryx
		Caudipteryx was a small early Cretaceous dinosaur whose remains were discovered in the Liaoning Province of northeastern China in 1997.
		Caudipteryx shows filaments more closely related to the feathers of birds, although it is unlikely that this dinosaur could fly.
		Please send your comments and questions about the content of this page to educate@nhm.org.
	www.nhm.org /journey/prehist/birds/caudipteryx.html (151 words)

	Dinosaur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		However, the feathers were only preserved by the lagerstätte of the Yixian Formation; it is therefore possible that Dinosaurs elsewhere in the world may have been feathered too, Even though the feathers have not been preserved.
		Archaeopteryx lithographica on display at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History]] The feathered Dinosaurs discovered so far include Beipiaosaurus, Caudipteryx, Dilong, Microraptor, Protarchaeopteryx, Shuvuuia, Sinornithosaurus, and Sinosauropteryx; and dinosaur-like birds like Confuciusornis; all of which come from the same area and Formation in northern China.
		The dromaeosauridae family in particular seems to have been heavily feathered, and at least one dromaeosaurid, Cryptovolans, may have been capable of flight.
	dinosaur.iqnaut.net (4641 words)

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