Illustration of <i>Protarchaeopteryx</i>, a feathered <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinosaur">dinosaur</a> (or a flightless <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bird" class="mw-redirect" title="Bird">bird</a> (according to <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan_Feduccia&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Alan Feduccia (page does not exist)">Alan Feduccia</a>)), found in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/China" class="mw-redirect" title="China">China</a>.
<ul><li>This is a new version of an older illustration, <a class="external text" href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Protarchaeopteryx_JST_398.JPG">"Protarchaeopteryx JST 398"</a>, which was inaccurate in the reconstruction of the head and the wings. Here, the skull is based on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digimorph.org/specimens/Incisivosaurus_gauthieri/specimen.jpg"><i>Incisivosaurus</i></a>, since the skull of <i>Protarchaeopteryx</i> is poorly preserved ( see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dinoweb.narod.ru/protarchaeopteryx2.gif">'<i>dinoweb.narod.ru</i></a>). The wings are based on <i>Caudipteryx</i>.</li></ul>
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