Besides showing that four-winged flight was not a fluke, the new species, Anchiornis huxleyi, named in honor of ThomasHenryHuxley, is the earliest known feathered dinosaur.
除了可以通过四翼飞行外，这种为了纪念托马斯·亨利·赫胥黎(Thomas Henry huxley)而被命名为赫氏近鸟龙(Anchiornis huxleyi)的新物种是已知最早的长羽毛恐龙。