FOR KIDS: Four-winged dinosaur

FOR KIDS: Four-winged dinosaur

Hind wings helped a small dino make tight turns in midair

By Stephen Ornes

Web edition: November 13, 2012

Hind wings helped a small dino make tight turns in midair

By Stephen Ornes

Web edition: November 13, 2012

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The hind wings on this four-winged dino helped it navigate tight turns, scientists conclude.

Credit: 3-D reconstruction by David Krentz

For some animals, two wings just won?t do ? as was the case for a four-winged dinosaur that lived 130 million years ago. Fossils of the creature were unearthed in China about 10 years ago. Since then, scientists have puzzled over how this dino used its two bonus wings. Now researchers report a likely answer.

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Citations

S. Milius. Hind wings gave four-winged dino flight control. Science News Online, October 22, 2012. [Go to]

Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/346409/title/FOR_KIDS_Four-winged_dinosaur

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