Re: Jurassic Park

[Christopher Srnka <theclaw@sprintmail.com>]

TRUETT GARNER wrote:

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> About as many as has been found with feathers. Prove they had feathers and
> I'll draw them that way .Last time I looked ,
> Dromaeosaurids were still considered non-avian theropods , not birds.And
> BTW, I didn't say ANY Velociraptor had been found with skin
> impressions( note ' etc. ' ). I was referring to the meager amount of skin
> impressions found with any dinosaurs  to date . Parsimony or not ,
> there's enough gaps in the fossil record to justify drawing them without
> feathers .The relationship between Dromaeosaurids and Aves
> is the best educated guess at the moment , untill the ' latest and greatest
> ' find proves it wrong

  I agree, for what it's worth. It thought Troodontidae was supposed to be
closer in relation to Aves than Dromaesaurinae anyway. Are there feather
impressions for Troodonts?