First Feathers on Dinosaurs Were for Mating, Not Flight

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Thomas H Maugh II, First Feathers on Dinosaurs Were for Mating, Not Flight. Los Angeles Times, Oct 25, 2012
http://www.latimes.com/news/scie ... -dinosaurs-20121025,0,1122167.story
(for the purpose of attracting mates; Three new specimens of ostrich-like dinosaurs called ornithomimids were found in sandstone produced in flowing rivers in what is now the badlands of Alberta, Canada)

Note: The report is based on

Zelenitsky DK et al, Feathered Non-Avian Dinosaurs from North America Provide Insight into Wing Origins. Science, 338: 510-514 (Oct 26, 2012)
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6106/510