Re: Sordes and Compsognathus

["Allan Smith" <fossilsmith@hotmail.com>]

> Can pterosaur wings have been so pliable parallel to the wing finger? I 
> don't think so, considering the famous actinofibrils. As long as 
> *Compsognathus* has something to do with *Sinosauropteryx* (I
> wait for the paper...), it must have had protofeathers and can't have 
> turned its hands into this position. Beautiful but improbable :-)

I realize that these guys have their flaws...they were the first two models 
that I had ever made...I've learned a lot, (the hard way) since their 
creation. Still, very nice paint jobs by Jerry and Shane :-)


Allan D. Smith
Fossilsmith Studios
http://www.fossilsmith.com


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