Re: Deinonychus restoration

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/4/02 11:05:41 AM Pacific Daylight Time, pheonix2000@hotmail.com writes:


> I'd like to present my newest drawing. It is a Deinonychus based primarily off of the full skeletal restoration in Gregory Paul's new book " Dinosaurs of the Air". Any critique would be helpful.
> http://www.paleozone.homestead.com/deinonychusdrawing.html

Looks good, but (and this is a general question) why do I keep seeing dromaeosaurids reconstructed with long feathers only at the end of the tail?  I'd imagine they would have flat feathers sticking out to the sides for the whole length of the tail, as appears to be the case in _Archaeopteryx_, _Jurapteryx_ (if distinct from the former), _Microraptor_, and, IIRC, "Dave".  I think it looks better that way.

--Nick P.