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Re: A new "Revolution" installment.



> Thank you but...  I was meaning Yanornis ('Archaeoraptor' was just as
'irony'
> really... the references I've got for Yanornis do indeed have a long bony
tail,
> not a pygostile. Am I missing something?

I'll see if I can find the original paper online... :-)

> Concerning Microraptor, I doubt very much  that an animal that is endowed
with
> such a feather fan around the legs was not  able to use them as
'parachutes',

I have a few other ideas of how they could have had aerodynamic functions
even when no sprawling was possible... especially if they stuck out
sideways, not rearwards. I have yet to draw them. :-)