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:iconalbertonykus:
After I proved that terror birds didn't have feathers, I decided to experiment with what an un-feathered Microraptor zhaoianus would look like, so here it is.
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~SpongeBobFossilPants Nov 16, 2011
Oh my goodness, I actually have a semi-technical 2006 book that illustrates them like this (albeit with protofeathers).

Then again, this is the same book that raised the two euhadrosaur clades to family status...

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OUR UNDERSTANDING OF DINOSAURS IS CHANGING EVERY DAY. PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE WAY WE MAY THINK OF THEM TOMORROW. - Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.

Ooh, a mysterious link. You know you want to: [link]
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!DerKompsognatus Jul 29, 2010
There was no evidence to support Microraptor had feathers. It's just that they lived in densely wooded environments, so once they died they casually fell on leafs of the forest floor and were fossilized along with them. Leafs just ACCIDENTALLY looked LIKE feathers and fluff so it's more of a common mistake than a scientific fact.

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~Albertonykus Jul 29, 2010
A very common mistake, given that we have many, many Microraptor specimens. But, you know, when they died, they always made leaves fly in the exact right direction and distance to make them look like the arrangement of feathers. Common knowledge. And science still won't give the plant that gave those leaves a scientific name! They just don't want to give up their pet theory, I'll bet!
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~SpongeBobFossilPants Mar 21, 2012
And those leaves were iridescent!

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OUR UNDERSTANDING OF DINOSAURS IS CHANGING EVERY DAY. PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE WAY WE MAY THINK OF THEM TOMORROW. - Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.

Ooh, a mysterious link. You know you want to: [link]
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~Albertonykus Mar 21, 2012
They probably had a really thick waxy layer surrounding them.
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!DerKompsognatus Jul 29, 2010
It's all one big agenda amongst paleontologists and geologists, I tell you.

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~MattMart May 25, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Crazy, though I suspect some added details would make it even crazier, such as including the propatagium etc. There's actually a kid's book called "Raptors!" by Don Lessem with illustrations of naked dromaeosaurs, though they also included the propatagia! Freaky.

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~Albertonykus May 25, 2010
Weird; they also gave them fused fingers.
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~MattMart May 26, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Yeah, I'm not sure what the evidence is for fused fingers. I've seen this in other restorations, but I'm not sure how it jibes with the occasional fossil preserving the fingers "crossed".
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!BrandonPilcher May 23, 2010
As nostalgic as I feel for scaly big raptors sometimes, this does look a little silly. You can tell the big hands were meant for wings.
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