Re: no feathers on Pelicanimimus

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 97-06-10 12:41:32 EDT, longrich@phoenix.Princeton.EDU
(Nick Longrich) writes:

> there is some indirect evidence that the common ancestor of
>  troodonts, dromaeosaurs, and oviraptors did have honest to goodness
>  avian-style feathers. 

Of course, this animal would also be the ancestor of tyrannosaurs,
ornithomimosaurs, _Unenlagia_, _Archaeopteryx_, alvarezsaurs, true birds,
probably therizinosaurs, and a whole host of beasties no one has ever heard
of yet!

Nick Pharris