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| Stratos:
--- Quote from: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 23, 2009, 02:23:45 PM ---That, my friends, is a Turkey. When the Cave Men celebrated Thanksgiving, that's what they cooked. --- End quote --- So was it easy enough for a cave man to do? Call Geico. --- Quote from: Halbred on October 23, 2009, 02:10:31 PM ---Here are a few pictures, not from the paper itself. Model of the little bugger, life-sized: http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/55bf49804003fbea96479eacdf80898b/smallest-dino-ap-608.jpg?MOD=AJPERES --- End quote --- This picture is titled 'smallest-dino'. Is it really the smallest so far? I thought there were a few smaller ones. |
| Halbred:
There are. Fruitadens is the smallest known fully-grown ornithischian dinosaur. There are smaller adult theropods (Microraptor, Hespernychus. |
| that Baby guy:
Where are the feathers? |
| Halbred:
Feathers are on theropods, maybe not ornithischians. The only two ornithischians discovered with quill-like integumentary structures are Psittacosaurus and Tianyulong. They are shaped more like thin porcupine quills than feathers. There's certainly no branching structure. However, being a heterodontosaur, Fruitadens is closely related to Tianyulong, so some sort of integument would be perfectly acceptable in any life restoration. Paleo-artists are still getting used to drawing their ornthischians with integument, though. Give it time! |
| BlackNMild2k1:
Because I thought you might enjoy this |
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