Re: Of Cosesaurus!

["Larry Febo" <larryf@capital.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: dbensen <dbensen@gotnet.net>
To: <larryf@capital.net>; <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: Of Cosesaurus!


> I took some of my own advise and whent to the pterosaur homepage's
> (http://home.stlnet.com/~azero/Pterosaur_Homepage.htm)
> page on Cosesaurus; all of this talk about the little critter made me want
to
> paint it.  What, exactly are the things coming out of its body?  They sure
look
> like conture feathers, but that isn't possible (is it?).  Are telongated
> scales, or are they pterosaur "hair"?  I can't do the picture untill I
know
> which.
>

Guess it`s too hard to call. Being that the fossil is a cast, I wonder if
there is any trace of beta-carotene to be detected? (would be nice if there
were).