Re: Evidence For a Feathered Velociraptor...

[Dora Smith <villandra@austin.rr.com>]

It didn't occur to anybody that these animals once had wings until they 
started trying to explain why they have qill marks on the bones of their 
forelimbs.

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX
tiggernut24@yahoo.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paula Goodman" <paulawilder@mac.com>
To: <villandra@austin.rr.com>
Cc: <michael@lovejoy-horses.co.uk>; <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: Evidence For a Feathered Velociraptor...


> Why did the short forelimbs evolve? Are they the fizzled vestige of what 
> were once wings?
>
>
> On Sep 22, 2007, at 11:48 AM, Dora Smith wrote:
>
> > I'd be pretty surprised if those big therapods could fly.   Especially 
> > with their short forelimbs, LOL!
> >
> > Yours,
> > Dora Smith
> > Austin, TX
> > tiggernut24@yahoo.com



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