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Fancy Dinosaur With Bizarre Shoulder Decorations Was the Peacock of the Cretaceous – Gizmodo

A theropod fossil has revealed features never seen before in a dinosaur, including a long, fur-like mane and a pair of stiff structures jutting out from its shoulders….

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The re-analysis of an old fossil has revealed features never seen before in a dinosaur, including a long, fur-like mane along its back and a pair of stiff structures jutting out from its shoulders. Scientists say these elaborate decorations were likely used for display, in what is a very early version of peacocking.
Introducing Ubirajara jubatus, a theropod dinosaur that lived 110 million years ago in the supercontinent Gondwana. In addition to brandishing an impressive mane along its back, Ubirajara…

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