[ SECRET POST #4022 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4022 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Well...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jun/03/most-dinosaurs-had-scales-not-feathers-fossil-analysis-concludes

[kamino_neko]

This is why I hate 'science journalism' - it takes a non-contraversial result and acts like it overturns what was actually known.

There was never a serious claim that non-theropods were feathered, merely a hypothesis that it may have been basal to all dinosaurs.

That it isn't doesn't change the fact that Coelurosaurs (except possibly for the largest, like Tyrannosaurus) are feathered.

[junee]

Yes, thank you! I hate when this article get trotted out as "HA! Got ya!" by anti-feather bros. Though that article about Tyrannosaurus skin impressions is still the worst!

Every time I see this article the pedantic part of me wants to point out that technically it isn't even true. The avian dinosaurs outnumber the (known) non-avian dinosaurs, so yes, most dinosaurs are feathered. ;D

[kamino_neko]

Every time I see this article the pedantic part of me wants to point out that technically it isn't even true. The avian dinosaurs outnumber the (known) non-avian dinosaurs, so yes, most dinosaurs are feathered. ;D

Hah, yes, I actually considered mentioning that, too - though I wasn't 100% sure that it was the case and couldn't find a cite, so I cut it for fear of undermining my point...