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Indeed. I think what I was trying to point out is that this doesn't add weight to early dinosaurs being feathered. These feathers are from the same period as V

• jonnathanson 13y ago
  Velociraptor almost definitely had feathers, as well as wings. In fact, it pretty much was a flightless proto-bird (though scientists believe it may have descended from a flying predecessor). If it were alive today, we'd basically see it as a curiously shaped, medium-to-large land bird with teeth. Check out some of the post-2007 renderings of Velociraptor. My mind was certainly blown, especially after having grown up with the image as portrayed by Jurassic Park. (2007 was when Velociraptor bones were discovered with quill knobs, almost indisputably indicating that the animal had wings and feathers).
• einhverfr 13y ago
  I wouldn't say that all dinosaurs had features, but a fair number did (and fairly large taxonomical groups!). Where the breakthrough is here is that we have evidence of the sorts of colors. In the past all of our speculation has been that of "artists impressions" but now we have something more tangible to work with.