http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/29/tiny-feathery-dinosaur-raises-jurassic-questions/ A science salon hosted by National Geographic Magazine Tue, 21 May 2013 16:11:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2-alpha http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/29/tiny-feathery-dinosaur-raises-jurassic-questions/#comment-39387 Eric Liskay Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:40:35 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151441#comment-39387 Emily’s artwork is awesome!

]]> http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/29/tiny-feathery-dinosaur-raises-jurassic-questions/#comment-39384 Bruce Townley Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:48:19 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151441#comment-39384 I agree about the illustration, a fine work. Found your writing interesting as always too.

]]> http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/29/tiny-feathery-dinosaur-raises-jurassic-questions/#comment-39382 Zach Miller Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:27:01 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151441#comment-39382 What a gorgeous illustration! I think it’s great that the level of preservation is good enough that two skeletally similar species can be distinguished based on plumage. That’s certainly the case in many modern birds. Songbirds, corvids, and gulls, for example, are distinguished largely based on plumage.

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