Re: Early Jurassic ?Feathers

[Josh Smith <smithjb@sas.upenn.edu>]

David Marjanovic wrote:

> > Having spent a good amount of time with my face pressed close to ACM 1/7,
> I
> > must echo Paul Olsen's opinion that the structures in question are almost
> > certainly sedimentological and not biological.  I mentioned this to
> Gerhard at
> > one point--he was less than thrilled with that interpretation as you might
> > expect, but then he hasn't spent all that much time with the specimen.
> > Literature-based paleontology kicks us in the ass again...
>
> Good that on this list there are people who actually see specimens!

Yeah....too bad these same folks who see specimens are idiots who cannot
#$$$@@!!! spell!  It should be Gerard, not Gerhard.

-Josh

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