Re: Feathers on Bloody Everything

["Jerry D. Harris" <102354.2222@compuserve.com>]

Message text written by INTERNET:qilongia@yahoo.com
>In consideration of Pete's report on what Currie
showed at his talk, I'd have to argue that
"protofeather" is an inappropriate term to begin with.<

        I prefer the acronym DIS -- Dinosaurian Integumentary Structure. 
It can be used as follows:  "Dis here dinosaur has DISes.  No, I ain't
dissin' you!"  ;-D


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