Re: Best _Guanlong wucaii_ headline

[Amtoine Grant <blackphoenix@eastlink.ca>]

On Thursday, February 9, 2006, at 10:48  AM, Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. wrote:

> > From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf 
> > Of
> > Jean-Michel Benoit
> >
> > Hello all
> > don't know if it's been debated before, but the reconstruction shows a
> > somewhat feathery creature, not to mention the _quite_ wing-like 
> > arms. I
> > know that feathers are known for a long time now, and that it 
> > appeared in
> > coelurosaurs, at least, quite early. Is there any evidence that *G. 
> > wucaii*
> > fossils(s) show these features?

Another member recently  noted the presence of a semilunate carpal.  
After reading "Dinosaurs of the Air",  that feature makes it  highly 
likely arm feathers were present, necessitating the need for a way to 
fold the feathers out of harm's way when not in use