Re: Pelecanimimus and Sinosauropteryx

[Jeff Hecht <jhecht@world.std.com>]

Luis Rey wrote
>
>The detailed close-up photographs of the fossil on the latest Audubon
>magazine are so clear that I find it striking that anyone has doubts about
>the structures being feathery or hairlike, although perhaps not in the
>classic avian way. The preservation is perfect, almost Messel-like.
>
Some of the apparent feather structures are artifacts of preparation,
according to the team that examined the fossils for the Philadelphia
Academy.
-- Jeff Hecht