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Re: New feather-like fossil from the Jurassic of Kazakhstan, Dzik et al 2010

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Subject: Re: New feather-like fossil from the Jurassic of Kazakhstan, Dzik et al 2010
From: Andreas Johansson <andreasj@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:46:33 +0100
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On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 2:40 AM, Tim Williams <tijawi@gmail.com> wrote:
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[snip]
> Instead, Feduccia proposed that feathers evolved for feather-assisted
> jumping from limb to limb by tree-dwelling protobirds (which were not
> dinosaurs, but some form of arboreal 'thecodont').

Annoyingly, Feduccia et consortes seem proactively uninterested in
suggesting a more specific avian origin than "some sort of thecodont".

-- 
Andreas Johansson

Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

References:
- New feather-like fossil from the Jurassic of Kazakhstan, Dzik et al 2010
  - From: Brad McFeeters <archosauromorph2@hotmail.com>
- AW: New feather-like fossil from the Jurassic of Kazakhstan, Dzik et al 2010
  - From: evelyn sobielski <koreke77@yahoo.de>
- Re: New feather-like fossil from the Jurassic of Kazakhstan, Dzik et al 2010
  - From: Tim Williams <tijawi@gmail.com>

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