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aGentlemanScientist — Feathers vs Scales vs Pycnofibres vs Skin
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Published: 2015-10-03 06:18:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 28119; Favourites: 309; Downloads: 81
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A chart composed of various prehistoric animals with direct evidence of their skin coverings, ranging from Yi qi to Corythosaurus.Important Notes:
-It is debated if Dilophosaurus had feathers due to a possible feather impressions in squatting track fossil in 1997.
-The skin impressions of Attenborosaurus were destroyed in WWII.
-The skin impressions of Estemmenosuchus were recorded by Chudinov in 1965. These skin impressions have not been photographed and have almost no internet presence.
-The tail fluke impression of Platecarpus exists but it does not preserve if it had skin or scales.
Original Image Credit:
Matt Martyniuk
John Conway
www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/
Traheripteryx
Dmitry Bogdanov
Ville Sinkkonen
Nobu Tamura
ArthurWeasley
Sources:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic…
www.nature.com/nature/journal/…
markwitton-com.blogspot.com/20…
rspb.royalsocietypublishing.or…
www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1666…
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic…
www.nature.com/nature/journal/…
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Like I said, there is not enough information to make logical assumption
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oh okay then, it is just that I always want and believe that there is another group of theropods out there that are covered in feathers
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I would prefer a feathered Spinosaurus as well! I especially like the idea that it had feather whiskers (something modern day dinosaurs have as well)
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Although it is not possible to tell if Spinosaurus had feathers, it most probably didn't because of an aquatic lifestyle. (I'm not against feathers, don't get me wrong)
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Scales and feathers can both be used in an aquatic lifestyle
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Okay I forgot about feathers :3
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modern day dinosaurs aka birds have feather whiskers? Whoa that is totally awesome sauce
a completely feathered Spinosaurus with tiny legs that walks on all fours is My favorite kind of Spinosaurus
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Yes sure! The modern day Kiwi definitely has whiskers s3.zoochat.com.s3.amazonaws.co…
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I never knew that a Bird could have whiskers, thanks for the knowledge
just imagine a Spinosaurus fully covered in water proof feathers, tiny legs, walking on all fours and long whiskers like a Chinese dragon
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Very cool and no problem 
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either way it would be such a amazing animal to look at
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Agreed!
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I hope We find yet another giant Dinosaur that has hard proof of being covered in feathers
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So; from the aquatic; semi-aquatic & partly aquatic Species-even some Semi-Aquatic avians; I'll bet for Skin\Scaly Spinosaurus...
Or very 'little' furred Spino.
A skinny Synapsid is a First thought
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Yeah, The skin impressions of Estemmenosuchus were recorded by Chudinov in 1965. These skin impressions have not been photographed and have almost no internet presence.
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Just like the case of the Amphocelias ''ghost'' sauropod
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Not exactly. Amphocelias was "discovered" at a time when most if not all paleontologists were more focused on finding bigger and more impressive dinosaurs and not accurate ones (like a paleontology pissing match). Estemmenosuchus was discovered during the dinosaur renaissance when paleontologists changed their approach to science. Chudinov was a well respected paleontologist that discovered hundreds of well preserved Permian animals in Soviet Russia. He would have reason to lie.
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Oh; true !
I quite read those times; named Paleontologist Wars; many even destroy the fossils they cannot hold; just for their competitors can't reach to them.
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The Bone Wars were a sad time in paleontology history. So much destruction! And for nothing!
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It's a sign of what Human Jelousy, Greed & Rage can done... A true sign of it !
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Thanks! Did you enjoy it?
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yes i did it was a nice breakdown on feathered dinos. and yes they can be scary. i want make a utahraptor with feathers and scary. what type of colors would they most likely have
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Thanks! and Utahraptor probably had a similar coloration to modern wolves and foxes based on their environment and niche, they might have been white too like stork.
Check out some these artists:
julio-lacerda.deviantart.com/a…
julio-lacerda.deviantart.com/a…
julio-lacerda.deviantart.com/a…
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i think i can make that scary
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Yesss! Good luck
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Man, I didn't know that sauropterygians and ichthyosaurs had naked skin.
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Yeah! The reason you don't hear about it is because the skin impressions of Attenborosaurus were destroyed in WWII.
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Looks like the scales on my Atopodentatus will have to go, then.
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It's already ridiculous, how long it took me to notice, who did this Spinosaurus.
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XD it was you!
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Ooooor my evil twin, who was mentioned in JPIII: Tricikloplots rex!
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I can't believe we have two pterosaurs were most(ly) have pycnofibres.
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Fuzzy pterosaurs for the win!
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Too bad we got nothing for Spinosaurus expect for bacteria on the teeth that proves it was an aquatic hunter/eater
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Wow! Very cool! I can't wait!
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Is there a small amount of color on the Spinosaurus silhouette or is it actually all black & you simply included it as a general reference?
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The Spinosaurus silhouette is all back. It is sorta a joke because we know absolutely nothing about its skin covering
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Interesting, and a few species here are a little new to me.
Of course in my fictional story of Dinosauria, the dinosaurs there are intelligent and can talk, and Spinosaurus evolved into something most people were familiar with, but still has webbed feet, but their similar to human hands, which do have little webbing.
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Thanks for this very important document !!!
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You should put in Prognathodon, that is known from tail fluke and pectoral fluke impressions.
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I left them black because we do not know if they had scales or skin, but I think I probably should color the tail in
Thank you
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Spinosaurus isn't quadrupedal anymore ?
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It never was. It just had short legs.
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Currently it has a posture similar to a Pangolin i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/a…
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Maybe they were walking on two legs and (maybe rarely) running on all four (?) . I really don't see a massive animal like this running on these such tiny, little legs.
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