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Archaeopteryx´ feather
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Archaeopteryx´ feather
A recently published study shows that:
Quote:Evidence corroborates identity of isolated fossil feather as a wing covert of Archaeopteryx
The feather was found in 1861 in Bavaria

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/scien...teryx.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-65336-y
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It's amazing how finely sandstone preserves details.

As a boy, the first fossil I found was a small fish-tail, impressed into sandstone, in the Paluxy River here in Texas, about 40 mm across and 20 mm front-to-back. You could see every bony ray of the tail, and the clear outline of the fleshy tailfin itself, impressed into the fine wet sand that later solidified.
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It's amazing how far paleontologists have come since I first learned about these topics. Back then almost everything was a giant lizard. Now scientists are putting feathers on them and suggesting some may have been homeothermic. Archaeopteryx was obviously a bird and it's interesting the feathers look so similar to modern birds, but hard to imagine a T-Rex with plumage. If you have seen anything on the development of early flight please let me know. Cool post.
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(10-02-2020, 08:46 AM)Deesse23 Wrote: A recently published study shows that:
Quote:Evidence corroborates identity of isolated fossil feather as a wing covert of Archaeopteryx
The feather was found in 1861 in Bavaria

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/scien...teryx.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-65336-y

No, no. I believe that comes from Psittacus erithacus. I have dozens of them lying around.
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(10-16-2020, 03:37 AM)JimBones Wrote: It's amazing how far paleontologists have come since I first learned about these topics. Back then almost everything was a giant lizard. Now scientists are putting feathers on them and suggesting some may have been homeothermic. Archaeopteryx was obviously a bird and it's interesting the feathers look so similar to modern birds, but hard to imagine a T-Rex with plumage. If you have seen anything on the development of early flight please let me know. Cool post.

They also seem to add a lot of colour to them lately.
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(10-16-2020, 06:59 AM)Deesse23 Wrote:
(10-16-2020, 03:37 AM)JimBones Wrote: It's amazing how far paleontologists have come since I first learned about these topics. Back then almost everything was a giant lizard. Now scientists are putting feathers on them and suggesting some may have been homeothermic. Archaeopteryx was obviously a bird and it's interesting the feathers look so similar to modern birds, but hard to imagine a T-Rex with plumage. If you have seen anything on the development of early flight please let me know. Cool post.

They also seem to add a lot of colour to them lately.
Pink T.rex. FABULOUS!
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(10-16-2020, 06:59 AM)Deesse23 Wrote:
(10-16-2020, 03:37 AM)JimBones Wrote: It's amazing how far paleontologists have come since I first learned about these topics. Back then almost everything was a giant lizard. Now scientists are putting feathers on them and suggesting some may have been homeothermic. Archaeopteryx was obviously a bird and it's interesting the feathers look so similar to modern birds, but hard to imagine a T-Rex with plumage. If you have seen anything on the development of early flight please let me know. Cool post.

They also seem to add a lot of colour to them lately.

It makes sense to have color to, animals today are not dull shades of grays. Besides, colorful dinos is just more interesting. A fluffy pink T-Rex, maybe. Like a huge flamingo with big teeth.
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