RE: SAUROPOD FEATHERS

[Divay Julien <BESJDIVA@livjm.ac.uk>]

Ken Kinman wrote:

<<If my "protofeathers evolved on the tail first" hypothesis is correct,
they 
may well first  appear on the tail and then spread up the spine during 
ontogeny.>>

Hmm, interesting.
I'm sorry if I slow the whole debate down, but I'm the young ignoramus of
this list, after all. Anyway, I'd be interested to know more about this
hypothesis of yours, if you don't mind repeating it, that is...

Julien Divay