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maybe I have to make my question clearer: is the skin of the TOP of
the toes known, and if not, what's the most likely: tiny
scales or large birdy scales? Friendly
- LJB.<< If you
really wanted to know if they had large birdy scales (Scutellate tarsus) then
why ask about the footprints? There is 99% chance against it ever being
preserved in a foot print (right now none that have been found, but you just
never know. The foot print might be from the ‘front’ of the foot say if it was
lying down). If you had my book you’d have some examples for Theropod feet. There
are mummified hadrosaurs that have manus and pes impressions. None have the
large birdy scales. Shortly I will be writing an article for Prehistoric times
on hadrosaur mitts. I was able to study a cast of the Senkenburg Edmontosaurus
mummy (much to my surprise it was where I happened to be J ). Unfortunately the feet on this specimen didn’t have skin
impressions. There are other new specimens (Brachylophosaurus and a new really
complete Edmontosaurus) that have skin impressions. This is
actually a good question whether or not dinosaurs had them or not. And if so,
which ones? Was it just on the feet or hands or both? There are also different
kinds of Scutellate tarsi so which ones to use? Tracy L. Ford P. O. Box 1171 Poway Ca 92074 |