Re: Rahonavis, feathers?

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

> From: "ville sinkkonen" <dinomaniac38@hotmail.com>

> Really short question, does rahonavis fossil contain feathers or feather 
> impressions???

I don't know how many specimens have since been found, but the original 
description of _Rahonavis_ (then, "Rahona") doesn't make any mention of 
feather preservation.

See:

http://www3.uakron.edu/biology/peter/vertzoo/11-20-98/new_bird_forster_etal.pdf

Jordan Mallon

Undergraduate Student, Carleton University
Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoecology

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