Re: Jurassic Park

["TRUETT GARNER" <DINOBOY@worldnet.att.net>]

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> From: Jeff Poling <jpoling@dinosauria.com>
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Re: Jurassic Park
> Date: Sunday, September 27, 1998 11:38 AM
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> At 12:10 AM 9/27/98 -0400, TRUETT GARNER wrote:
> >Well ,untill
> >someone finds a Velociraptor , etc. with feathers , I shall continue to
> >restore them with pebbly , scaly skin ,that has been found
> >With skin impressions .
> 
>    Exactly how many _Velociraptor_ skin impressions have been found?
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About as many as has been found with feathers. Prove they had feathers and
I'll draw them that way .Last time I looked ,
Dromaeosaurids were still considered non-avian theropods , not birds.And
BTW, I didn't say ANY Velociraptor had been found with skin
impressions( note ' etc. ' ). I was referring to the meager amount of skin
impressions found with any dinosaurs  to date . Parsimony or not , 
there's enough gaps in the fossil record to justify drawing them without
feathers .The relationship between Dromaeosaurids and Aves
is the best educated guess at the moment , untill the ' latest and greatest
' find proves it wrong