The earliest bird, Archaeopteryx, had a striking resemblance to dinosaurs like the “terrible claw” Deinonychus ... s feathers. Experts had previously missed the feather fossils because ...

“They’re an oversized Deinonychus ... arm feathers. Prior to that, scaly, more reptilian depictions like those seen in Jurassic Park didn’t necessarily contradict the fossil evidence ...

The Deinonychus animatronics in our Dinosaurs Gallery sport feathers, to give visitors an accurate idea ... Our knowledge of these creatures is constantly changing as new fossils are unearthed.

Birds descended from theropod dinosaurs by the Late Jurassic, but our understanding of the earliest evolution of the Avialae, the clade comprising all modern birds but not Deinonychus or Troodon ...