Re: feather prints

["T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com>]

On Sat, 4 Aug 2001, aspidel wrote:

>
> From: ville sinkkonen <ville_sinkkonen@artic.net>
> >
> > 1)  how many dinosaurs have been found feathers.
> >     (i need the names)
>
> I guess you mean fossils found with feather prints.
>
> In non-avian theropods, I remember 3 species: _Sinosauropteryx prima_,
> _Microraptor zhoui_ and cf._Sinornithosaurus_, the Yixian dromaeosaur. (are
> there others, dear HP dino-list members?)

Odd that you included cf. _Sinornithosaurus_, but not _Sinornithosaurus
millenii_ itself!

Also: _Caudipteryx zoui_ & _C. dongi_, _Protarchaeopteryx robusta_, and
_Beipiaosaurus inexpectus_.

There is also chemical evidence for feathers in _Shuvuuia deserti_ or
_Mononykus olecranus_ (I forget which).

And then there are many, many fossil birds with preserved feathers or
feather prints. There are also a number of isolated feather fossils which
cannot be assigned to any species.

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