Final proof of dinosaur endothermy?

[Vladimír Socha <Seismosaurus@seznam.cz>]

Good day,
I'm not sure if this was already posted, probably wasn't. In the June edition 
of a (czech) scientific magazine 21. stoleti (21st Century) is interesting 
article by paleontologist Martin Kundrat and writer Jaroslav Mares dedicated to 
the long forgotten fossil foot imprint of a sitting dinosaur located in the 
Pratt musem (?) in Amherst, MA. Its catalogue number is PMNH-EHC 1/7. The full 
article will be presented in July's edition of Journal of Experimental Zoology 
(Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution). There is not much info, but 
obviously the find shows imprints of a primitive feathers located in the pelvic 
area of sitting theropod. Yeah, BTW, the find is 200 Ma old. There are also 
preserved imprints of a rain drops falling down from the feathery integument of 
the animal. "Feathers" of this dinosaur are very similar to those of an ostrich 
fetus before hatching. It has second stage of a feather development according 
to Plum's scale (?). This is animal with a feathery
 integument 55 Ma older then Archie. Sorry for poor translation. Vlad 
"Micropachycephalosaurus" Socha    
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