Re: Possible Skin of Tyrannosaurids

["Jordan Mallon" <j_mallon@hotmail.com>]

> From: "Larry Dunn" <saurosuchus@hotmail.com>

> If Tyrannosaurids evolved from smaller coelurosaurs that were covered with
> downy fibers, and may have been secondarily featherless, is it probable 
> that
> they were not scaly after all, but rather largely wrinkly-skinned, with
> scales limited to their heads and legs?

I seem to recall some recent reports on tyrannosaurid skin impressions 
stating that the skin wasn't pebbled or scaly at all, but rather, it was 
nearly featureless, something like the 'wrinkly' skin Larry mentioned.  Has 
any more light been shed in these reports?  Paleo-buffs everywhere wanna 
know!

-Jordan Mallon

http://www.geocities.com/paleoportfolio/


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