Re: Birds?

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

> From: Garrison Hilliard <garrison@efn.org>

> DINOSAUR FUND MAY SHED LIGHT ON BIRDS
> from The Chicago Tribune
>
> A feathered dinosaur not much bigger than a chicken, recently >discovered 
> in northeast China, is expected to give science a clearer >picture of the 
> ancestors of today's birds, according to Field Museum >paleontologist Peter 
> Mackovicky.

Hmmm... I seem to recall an incident like this several months ago in which a 
news report claimed that a "feathered" dinosaur had been found without there 
having been preserved feather impressions at all.  Sure, _Sinoventator_ was 
likely feathered, but there was really no fossil evidence confirming this.  
I really hate it when these facts get so skewed.

Jordan Mallon

http://www.geocities.com/paleoportfolio/

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