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What's the general feeling on *Oviraptor* these
days? I'm illustrating a book for kids (8 - 12 y.o.), and new finds seem to be
coming so fast that I'm a bit lost! I have two main questions:
How closely related is
*Oviraptor* to *Caudipteryx*? (This would affect the feathering i put on the
arms and tail; i.e., short "wings" primarily for display.)
How much is really known about
the *Oviraptor* tail? None of the references I have seem to show the tail in any
reconstruction, or it is marked as conjectural. Now comes along this "National
Geographic" article, showing an "unnamed Oviraptorid from Mongolia". Should I
draw mine with a pygostyle, or a "normal" theropodian tail?
Thank you very much, (I want to
get this right, even though it will probably be out of date by the time it's
published!)
Bruce Shillinglaw
16 Ward Street
Norwalk, CT 06851
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