Re: Psittacosaurid hair!

["Tim Williams" <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

> Well folks, ornithischian "hair" seems to be a
> reality. HP Michael Schmidt was kind enough to send me
> several nice photos of the integuments on a
> Psittacosaurus (?sp).


Let's not count (or discuss) our feathered dinos before they're described... 
 :-)

"...only the ceratopsian _Psitacosaurus_ represents the other dinosaurs, and 
rumors of its integumentary structures are dubious because artifice is 
suspected." (p.128; Padian et al., 2001 "Feathered dinosaurs and the origin 
of flight.)



Tim


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