RE: Science feather strength debate

[Mickey Mortimer <mickey_mortimer111@msn.com>]

Jason Brougham wrote-

> Yes, of course it is not certain. But Conchavenator may have had enlarged 
> feathers on the ulna, and this might suggest that ulnar feathers evolved no 
> later than the last common ancestor between carcharodontosaurs and birds 
> lived. Of course it could be even earlier. In any case, it is then quite 
> possible that "wings" were serving some function separate from climbing into 
> trees.

As Naish and I independantly concluded, the supposed feather quill knobs on 
Concavenator's ulna are probably an intermuscular line.
http://theropoddatabase.blogspot.com/2010/09/concavenator-feathers-becklespinax-and.html
http://theropoddatabase.blogspot.com/2010/09/concavenator-part-ii-becklespinax.html

Mickey Mortimer