Re: Illustrating Dino Skin

["Jordan Mallon" <j_mallon@hotmail.com>]

> From: "Demetrios M Vital" <vita0015@umn.edu>

> First, I would research the skin impressions found with the >skeletons.  I 
> don't know if there's a catalogue of the species found, >or a place where 
> there are pictures easily accessible, but that's >hopefully what other 
> listmembers can contribute to your question.

Agreed.  But alas, there's nary a book out there that details the known 
dinosaurian skin impressions.  I guess I'll just have to look forward to 
Tracy Ford's upcoming publication.
But that said, getting a real, animated sense of life from fossilized 
patches of skin is difficult.  What I'm looking for is a resource or two 
where I can really get a feeling for how both the scales and feathers are 
patterned, and how the sunlight interacts with them.

> I can get you some refs at a later point, BTW.

Sure.  Couldn't hurt.

> I hope this helps!

Indeed!

-Jordan Mallon

http://www.geocities.com/paleoportfolio/

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