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Re: archie feathers

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Subject: Re: archie feathers
From: "Mickey Mortimer" <Mickey_Mortimer111@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 19:43:38 -0700
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Colin McHenry wrote-

> Are there down or contour feathers preserved on any of the
> _Archaeopteryx_ specimens for comparison?  My impression has always been
> that the specimens show the impressions of the flight feathers only.

> The implication is that, if small dinosaurs like _Compsognathus_
> were feathered (as was its close relative _Sinosauropteryx_), why are
there
> no feathers preserved on the Solnhofen _Compsognathus_, despite the famous
> frequent preservation of feathers in the limestone?

See-
http://www.cmnh.org/dinoarch/2003Apr/msg00202.html

Mickey Mortimer

References:
- RE: related to several threads
  - From: "Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>
- Re: archie feathers
  - From: Colin McHenry <cmchenry@westserv.net.au>

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