Re: Reichel's Archie (was Re: The origin of flight...)

[Danvarner@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/29/02 12:08:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, aspidel@wanadoo.be writes:



<< From: "Edels" <edels@email.msn.com>
> Also, Reichel's _Archaeopteryx_ is great!  It's how I've usually pictured
> it.
>
So do I think. And what I like also in Reichel's drawings is the fine
restoration of the vegetation. >>

       Stand back, I'm going to rave some more. Those drawings are superb and Figure 9 is a tour-de-force. Wonderful technique on the feathers. Note, too, how it's holding it's wing. Paul Sereno talked about this in his description of Sinornis at SVP several years back. At that time Sereno suggested that they could not fully fold their wings. Here's the same thought over sixty years ago!
       Interesting also to note that Burian swipped Figure 8 for an illustration in _Prehistoric Reptiles and Birds_. We need to see more of Reichel's work...that's an understatement. DV