Something Like Feathers Grew on a 247-Million-Year-Old Reptile

Something Like Feathers Grew on a 247-Million-Year-Old Reptile: By Carl Zimmer German paleontologists have discovered a 247-million-year-old fossil of a reptile with a bizarre row of plumes sprouting from its back. The elaborate display is a paradox of evolution. The plumes bear some similarities to feathers, even though the newly discovered reptile was not closely related to birds. Stephan Spiekman, a paleontologist at the Stuttgart