Dinosaurs of a Feather  

作　　者：David Hone 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology,CAS

出　　处：《Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences》2010年第2期92-94,共3页中国科学院院刊（英文版）

摘　　要：From the earliest days of paleontological research, the origin of birds was an area of special interest. Largely thanks to the work of Thomas Huxley andFrom the earliest days of paleontological research, the origin of birds was an area of special interest. Largely thanks to the work of Thomas Huxley and the discovery of Arehaeopteryx, theropod dinosaurs （the large group of bipeds that contain all the carnivorous species） rapidly became the most likely candidate for the ancestor of birds. However, controversy over this idea raged for many decades, and while the evidence supporting the dinosaur theory grew, there remained one outstanding problem.

关 键 词：恐龙 羽毛 鸟类起源 古生物 赫胥黎 托马斯 兽脚类 候选人 

分 类 号：Q915[天文地球—古生物学与地层学]