A new Triassic “wonder reptile” challenges ideas of skin and feather evolution

24 Jul 2025

An international team of researchers including palaeontologists at University College Cork (UCC) have discovered a new species of fossil reptile from the Triassic period that had a large crest made of complex plume-like structures - long before modern-type feathers evolved. 

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Triassic diapsid shows early diversification of skin appendages in reptiles | Nature