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To: .Trev who wrote (138)4/22/2000 1:37:00 AM
From: Lilian Debray  Respond to of 183
 
That reminds me of the debate in 1996-1997 over the primitive feathers thought to have appeared on the Sinosauropteryx prima. Two specimen were discovered by farmers northeast of Beijing.

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"Their presence may mean that Sinosauropteryx was warm-blooded and used the feather-like features to retain heat, the scientists said. If the dinosaur were cold-blooded instead, the feathery features would have prevented it from warming up by basking in the sunshine, the researchers said."

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dinosauria.com



To: .Trev who wrote (138)4/26/2000 1:41:00 PM
From: Lilian Debray  Respond to of 183
 
The heart is petrified. With the aid of imaging equipment and software, they were able to reconstruct 3-dimensional structures through the interior of the concretion.
dinoheart.org
dinoheart.org