Bambiraptor

["Allan Smith" <fossilsmith@hotmail.com>]

So you know...

When researching this model, the actual fossil provided me with no clues as 
to the body covering - feathers or no. For that I used a bit of artistic 
license, there are however many new discoveries, thankfully, that have 
helped my case. The latest, and best being the new little guy from the AMNH:

http://research.amnh.org/vertpaleo/dinobird.html

The wing information was taken directly from my cast of the Berlin specimen 
of _archaeopteryx_ and the tail from _caudipteryx_  everything else was 
based on the fossil. I hope you all have as much fun debating it as I had 
making the model. I should have a painted, finished version online by next 
month.

Cheers,

Allan D. Smith
Fossilsmith Studios
http://www.fossilsmith.com


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