Caudipteryx Caudipteryx was a small early Cretaceous dinosaur whose remains were discovered in the Liaoning Province of northeastern China in 1997. Caudipteryx shows filaments more closely related to the feathers of birds, although it is unlikely that this dinosaur could fly.

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