Scylla Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 New siberian fossil finds indicate feathers may have been more widespread. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/new-study-suggests-that-any-kind-of-dinosaur-could-have-feathers-not-just-birds/2014/07/24/9df81d9e-1346-11e4-98ee-daea85133bc9_story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimboots Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I read that article earlier today. Its a very interesting discovery. Its hard to imagine anything other than the theropods having feathers. I look forward to new discoveries with evidence of feathers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triceratops Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Do you think that its possible larger horned dinosaurs had 'quills' like psittacosaurus? -Lyall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Do you think that its possible larger horned dinosaurs had 'quills' like psittacosaurus? I can think of no good reason to think they mightn't. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carcharodontosaurus Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Carnotaurus skin impressions have been found, and they allegedly show that it had no feathers, but they haven't been officially published. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 I think we will find feathers in smaller creatures preferentially due to preservation bias. If the primary use was insulation then larger creatures would be less likely to have them as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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