paleoillustration: Sinosauropteryx prima (2007) by Julius T. Csotonyi.-Digital painting / photographic composite A metre-long compsognathid dinosaur, Sinosauropteryx prima, forages for prey in a Cretaceous Chinese forest. This dinosaur is among the growing number whose remains include preserved feather-like integumentary structures, strongly suggesting their close kinship with birds. Recent results (Lingham-Soliar et al. 2007; Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 242:1823-1829), however, challenge the ‘protofeather’ interpretation of the filamentous structures in this species, suggesting rather that they are simply collagen fibres that have become degraded during postmortem decay of the animal. Ignoring the “protofeathers are actually degraded collagen fibres” silliness, this is probably one of my favorite pieces of paleo-art.

paleoillustration:

Sinosauropteryx prima (2007) by Julius T. Csotonyi.

-Digital painting / photographic composite

A metre-long compsognathid dinosaur, Sinosauropteryx prima, forages for prey in a Cretaceous Chinese forest. This dinosaur is among the growing number whose remains include preserved feather-like integumentary structures, strongly suggesting their close kinship with birds. Recent results (Lingham-Soliar et al. 2007; Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 242:1823-1829), however, challenge the ‘protofeather’ interpretation of the filamentous structures in this species, suggesting rather that they are simply collagen fibres that have become degraded during postmortem decay of the animal.

Ignoring the “protofeathers are actually degraded collagen fibres” silliness, this is probably one of my favorite pieces of paleo-art.

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