Tr: my Zuni coelurosaur drawing

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

Hi dino-list members,
This is HP David's point of view on my drawing, it could interest some
people.
My point of vew: maybe...
Friendly - LJB.

----- Original Message -----
From: aspidel <aspidel@infonie.be>
To: David Marjanovic <David.Marjanovic@gmx.at>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: my Zuni coelurosaur drawing


> Dear HP David,
> Many thanks for your reply. I'll maybe draw the head of my full
> reconstruction more fluffy.
>
> Well... May I put this on the list? It might be interesting.
> Friendly - LJB.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Marjanovic <David.Marjanovic@gmx.at>
> To: aspidel <aspidel@infonie.be>
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 8:48 PM
> Subject: Re: my Zuni coelurosaur drawing
>
>
> > > Is there an occurence on the fossile - or among close species, or in
> > > papers - that the head is fluffy?
> >
> > There is nothing preserved on this fossil. However, in Liáoníng, there
are
> > no scales on the heads of feathered dinos, while there are scales on
their
> > feet. Unfortunately, the heads are never fully prepared there. Nobody
> knows
> > how far the feathers of *Sinosauropteryx* and the new
?*Sinornithosaurus*
> > extended rostrally.
> >
> > I personally think the whole head was usually fluffy in beakless
feathered
> > theropods, for the simple reasons that there was no beak and naked skin
on
> > the head is the exception in living birds, though it does occur.
> >
> > > Well, for I'm not a specialist, it's a bit based on Luis Rey's
> _Scipionyx_
> > > restoration.
> >
> > Even the specialists don't know :-) -- early drawings of nonavian dinos
> with
> > feathers, such as those by GSP, often only put feathers in a few
selected
> > body areas for display. The specimens from Liáoníng show that apparently
> the
> > entire body except the feet was feathered, so why not the head?
> >
>