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TheDragonofDoom In reply to candelediva [2017-04-11 21:15:22 +0000 UTC]

It was a hard decision for me to either go feathered or featherless, but after talking with some friends who know more on the subject and doing research i decided not to do feathers. As of right now there really isn't any solid evidence suggesting they had feathers. There was a supposed imprint left by a dilophosaurus that at first appeared to be feathers, but it turned out it was either cracks in the dirt or foliage imprint. So until then he's going to stay featherless (though if you look closely I did add some fuzz). If new evidence pops up that shows feathers then I'll go back and correct it.

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Kerian-halcyon In reply to candelediva [2017-04-11 08:11:25 +0000 UTC]

As far as I know there isn't actual proof that they had feathers.  Dilophosaurs are carnosaurs that evolved in the early Jurassic, most of the feathered dinosaurs didn't actually show up until the Mid-Late Jurassic.  There was some talk about the Dilophosaur fossils found being atop what looked like feather markings but as far as I know the paleontologists that dug it up have since debunked that and pointed out they were leaves.

Of course I could be completely wrong due to new paleontology data I've not read about yet but that's as far as I know.  This would actually be the more accurate representation.

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candelediva In reply to Kerian-halcyon [2017-04-11 08:44:53 +0000 UTC]

Well, that is a good fact. 

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Kerian-halcyon In reply to candelediva [2017-04-11 10:05:34 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I looked it up, can confirm that it was a false alarm.  "Although it doesn't rule out that there could be feathers (which is usually paleontology talk for 'put feathers on it anyway until someone says otherwise,' which often drives me insane) there is no evidence for it yet and it is currently speculation."  - From the Wikipedia article.

Kind of bugs me when people talk about dinosaurs and feathers and paleontologists want to see feathers slowly creep on all of them until they all had them.  Yes, some theropods had feathers - we have fossil evidence that proves that - but not all dinosaurs did and we have yet to find the evidence that proves otherwise.  Just because a distant relative of ceratopsians happens to have quills along its tail it doesn't mean all dinosaurs did.  That's like looking at an ostrich and saying that because it has quills for feathers all other birds must have them too - it's only silly to us because we can clearly see they don't, but if you were blind and the closest thing you have to feeling a bird is in the trees you wouldn't be able to tell either.

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candelediva In reply to Kerian-halcyon [2017-04-11 20:47:59 +0000 UTC]

I see.

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TKWTH In reply to Kerian-halcyon [2017-04-11 12:52:17 +0000 UTC]

Ehhhhh.... Ever heard of Kulindadromeus? Lil Ornithischian from Russia with protofeathers which are homologous to coelurosaurian ones? You know, the dinosaur which tips the scales in the 'ancestrally-feathered dinosaurs' notion's favour? Now that we know about Kulindadromeus, a fluffy Dilophosaurus is your best bet.

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Kerian-halcyon In reply to TKWTH [2017-04-11 18:07:36 +0000 UTC]

Oh boy, a fossil consisting of partial remains that came from a country historically infamous for its propaganda that had controversy because a number of specimens may or may not have been stolen?  Color me shocked that I'm not convinced.

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