Re: WING FEATHER ATTACHMENT

["David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

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From: "Demetrios M. Vital" <vita0015@umn.edu>
To: "The Dinosaur Mailing List" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: WING FEATHER ATTACHMENT


> On 26 Jul 2001, David Marjanovic wrote, concerning Archaeopteryx:
> > Contour feathers are
> > still preserved on the shins.
>
> Modern avian contour feathers, or protofeather-type dino fuzz?

Apparently the former (look at practically any photo of the Berlin
specimen).

> Was
> Archaeopteryx dino-fuzzy everywhere except for the primaries, secondaries,
> and tail feathers?

Unknown, but not improbable, IMHO.