Re: feather tracts (and spiny tails?)

["aspidel" <aspidel@infonie.be>]

> <I was under the impression that the patchy-looking arrangement
> of fibers around the tail of _S._ was because some of the fibers
> went with the part and others with the counterpart of the
> specimen.>
>
>   I don't recall hearing about this. I see this on most of the
> specimens for the tail I can see, including the slab and
> counterslab of the type.<<
>

Having once more a look on the photographs of the Yixian dromaeosaur... Do I
see not only protofeathers but also structures of _real_ feathers on some
parts of the fossile? Just see the femur and the top of the skull.

Friendly,
                 Luc J. "Aspidel" BAILLY.