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A zoologist holds the 50 million-year-old Messelornis Cristata fossil during the first day of the Dino-bird: Feathered Fossils from China exhibition at the Royal Museum, Edinburgh. Among the exhibits was a 124 million-year-old fossil, *..which proved to be the missing link between meat-eating dinosaurs and birds. The feather-fringed remains of what has been dubbed the Fuzzy Raptor were discovered three years ago by local farmers in the Laioning Province, north east China.

A zoologist holds the 50 million-year-old Messelornis Cristata fossil during the first day of the Dino-bird: Feathered Fossils from China exhibition at the Royal Museum, Edinburgh. Among the exhibits was a 124 million-year-old fossil, *..which proved to be the missing link between meat-eating dinosaurs and birds. The feather-fringed remains of what has been dubbed the Fuzzy Raptor were discovered three years ago by local farmers in the Laioning Province, north east China. Stock Photo
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G6E78H

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2337 x 1553 px | 39.6 x 26.3 cm | 15.6 x 10.4 inches | 150dpi

Date taken:

25 June 2003

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Edinburgh Scotland

Photographer:

Maurice McDonald

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Dino-Bird Exhibition

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