However, judging from its close affinity to other dinosaurs known to have been feathered, Xing Xu of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing speculates that it was.

• 这说明在向鸟类演化的过程中，不同恐龙类群的特征演化模式和潜在的发育机制是不同的。这增加了鸟类起源的复杂性。”