Re: Feather Evolution

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 97-06-14 12:38:45 EDT, swo@execpc.com (Thom Quinn) writes:

> It should be noted that the long feather-like structures
>  found on Longisquama, a middle Triassic thecodont and the contemporary
>  of the elusive proto-bird

The proto-bird is not elusive, and it was not mid-Triassic.  _Archaeopteryx_
itself works quite well in this capacity, and we now have many of the steps
on either side as well.  Nobody is quite sure *what* _Longisquama_ is.

NP