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Feathered ornithomimosaurs! At last!A new Jehol find? Nope! It's Ornithomimus itself! Two new specimens (an adult and a juvenile) have been found with feather traces, and a long-known adult specimen has been discovered to have what may be attachment points for large feathers on the arms. This means that pennibrachiae go down to the base of maniraptoriforms! The juvenile, however, doesn't preserve pennibrachiae, so it might mean that in these basal maniraptoriforms only the adults had pennibrachiae, and that pennibrachiae originally evolved for display. In addition, this also opens up the possibility of finding feathered dinosaur specimens in coarser-grained sediment than usually expected, as long as fossil hunters keep a sharp eye out for those delicate feather traces.

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Problems of an Aspiring Paleornithologistby ~Albertonykus

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To be absolutely fair, I hear that Feduccia has actually contributed legit research in his own field (i.e.: ornithology that doesn't have to do with bird origins).

Incidentally, I'd already had this idea before Feduccia's recent editorial was published.

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~Gojira5000 Feb 19, 2013

Just watch Holtz assign you a project in which you must give reasoning on why BANDits are laughable at science and requires you to read all of Fedducia's papers.

It's going to happen now, all because of this image. Just watch.

Hope it's otherwise, Alb.

Hope.

If not, it's R.I.P Albertonykus.

~Albertonykus Feb 19, 2013

Ha, I would be tickled if that happened. Holtz has shared this on Facebook so he's certainly seen it, if that counts for anything.

~ChocolateStarfire Feb 17, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

This sounds like me and someone else I know *grumble grumble*

~Albertonykus Feb 17, 2013

Ha, I figured you'd get it.

~ChocolateStarfire Feb 17, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

~yoult Feb 17, 2013 Professional General Artist

This special Feduccia paper I'll never finish to read. Perhaps the next one... perhaps...

~Albertonykus Feb 17, 2013

I hope there isn't a next one, but knowing that he's been doing this for two decades the alternative is more likely.

~Ornitholestes1 Feb 17, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Haha, I can guess who that voice is!

~T-PEKC Feb 17, 2013

I had to read few of Feduccia's and Martin's papers on the origin of birds for my bachelor thesis just for the sake of citing all major views on the subject. As bad as the papers were in scientific point of view, they were still entertaining because of their ridiculousness. These papers are also a good example of what's bad paleontology, and why some people should not be allowed to write about stuff they don't even understand.

Nice comics.

*EWilloughby Feb 16, 2013

Haha, I know the feeling. I forced myself through the entirety of Riddle of the Feathered Dragons so I could write a review for it.

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