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bumps on the arm bone are remnants of quill knobs?
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The first Velociraptor [[fossil]] was found in [[Mongolia]] in the 1920s by an American Museum of Natural History expedition, and a number of fossils have been found since then in Mongolia and northern [[China]].  The most well-known find, discovered in 1971, includes a complete Velociraptor skeleton wrapped around that of a Protoceratops, an early ceratopsian and ancestor of [[Triceratops]].  The two were apparently in mid-fight when they were buried.<ref>''The Complete Book of Dinosaurs'', by Dougal Dixon, Hermes House, 2006</ref>
 
The first Velociraptor [[fossil]] was found in [[Mongolia]] in the 1920s by an American Museum of Natural History expedition, and a number of fossils have been found since then in Mongolia and northern [[China]].  The most well-known find, discovered in 1971, includes a complete Velociraptor skeleton wrapped around that of a Protoceratops, an early ceratopsian and ancestor of [[Triceratops]].  The two were apparently in mid-fight when they were buried.<ref>''The Complete Book of Dinosaurs'', by Dougal Dixon, Hermes House, 2006</ref>
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==Did it have feathers?==
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"The researchers believe the bumps on the arm bone are remnants of [[quill]] knobs, places where the quills of secondary feathers — important for flight in many modern birds — were anchored to the bone." [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297503,00.html]
    
== Stephen Spielberg's ''Jurassic Park'' ==
 
== Stephen Spielberg's ''Jurassic Park'' ==
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