dino finger scutes?

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

Here's a question, most-likely without a well-founded answer...

How likely is it that dinosaurs (I'm thinking of theropods, particularly) 
had scutellae running down their fingers?  I've seen it pictured before, but 
wonder if there's any scientific reasoning behind it other than "Oh, well... 
birds have them on their feet, so by deductive logic, blah, blah, blah..."
Thanks,

Jordan Mallon

Undergraduate Student, Carleton University
Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoecology

Website: http://www.geocities.com/paleoportfolio/
AIM: jslice mallon

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