Normally we only get fossils of bones and shells – things that are very hard. Steve: You find the feathers themselves! It”s incredible if you think about it because feathers are not easy to preserve. NGK: How can you tell that dinosaurs had feathers? If you watch Walking With Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie you”ll notice that some dinosaurs have feathers – and that”s a pretty new way of looking at dinosaurs!

Feathers are the primary evidence that birds evolved from dinosaurs – we now have tens of thousands of fossils of real dinosaurs covered in feathers. Steve Brusatte: I think the most important dinosaurs that were found over the past two decades are all of the feathered dinosaurs from China. What do you think are the most important dinosaur discoveries of the century? National Geographic Kids: Hi Steve! Thanks for answering our questions. Steve worked with the team on the mega movie Walking With Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie. Here at National Geographic Kids, we love learning about dinosaurs! To find out all about our planet’s prehistoric beasts, we caught up with dino-expert and palaeontologist Steve Brusatte.

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