Jurassic Park 4's Dinosaurs Will Not Have Feathers

[ChestyMcGee]

[QUOTE=Joazzz;40192083]and i'm ready to call bullshit on the wing flapping stability theory because that sounds just overdone[/QUOTE]

this isn't really how science works. i did a paper on wing-assisted incline-running and in terms of evolutionary development it only makes sense that feathered dromaeosaurs (especially ones feathered to the extent of those specimens found in china) used their 'wings' for those functions seen in many modern flightless/young birds

also just to clarify for everyone: even the hot/cold-blooded debate is still open - it is by no means a foregone conclusion that all dinosaurs had feathers... actually most scientists would tell you they think only a few probably did, and there's a tonne of specimens that demonstrate all kinds of insulation-like material that isn't feathers

edit: raptor65 went over this

[imptastick2]

[QUOTE=joost1120;40197514]Actually, that hasn't been proven yet. Considering other adult Tyrannosaurs from around the same size did have feathers, scientists think the adult T-rex might've had feathers too. We can't know for sure, not with the current fossils. We need to find fossils in finer stone, so we can actually see the quill knobs, just like how they identified feathers on other fossils.

[editline]7th April 2013[/editline]

Well, Crocodilia and lizards both first appeared 220 million years ago. Most Crocodilia stayed relatively the same over that large period of time. Considering they both came from a single ancestor, crocodiles would be rather similar to that ancestor. While lizards did evolve a lot, they certainly didn't turn into dinosaurs and then into birds again, which would make a crocodile closer related to lizards than to birds.[/QUOTE]

Evidence points to them having a closer ancestor with birds. For example crocodilians and birds have gizzards while lizards do not, the chances of two different lineages developing a gizzard is unlikely. Following parsimony birds and alligators are more closely related than alligators and lizards.

[Richard Longflop]

[QUOTE=MaddaCheeb;40191795]A tyrannosaurus with feathers would essentially look like a giant turkey anyways[/QUOTE]

I've read somewhere that the closest living relative to the T-rex is the chicken. Their proteins are the most similar or something like that.

[joost1120]

[QUOTE=imptastick;40204861]Evidence points to them having a closer ancestor with birds. For example crocodilians and birds have gizzards while lizards do not, the chances of two different lineages developing a gizzard is unlikely. Following parsimony birds and alligators are more closely related than alligators and lizards.[/QUOTE]

Of course, but I'm talking about how much they evolved since separating.

[Joazzz]

[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;40204706]this isn't really how science works.[/QUOTE]i said i'm intentionally trying to maintain some level of denial because i just can't picture dinosaurs with feathers, it's totally against the Rule of Cool. read all my posts next time please

[paramud]

[QUOTE=Dr. Fishtastic;40190392]in AMERICA, our dinosaurs aint no HOMOS[/QUOTE]

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[ROFLBURGER]

[QUOTE=Dr. Fishtastic;40190392]in AMERICA, our dinosaurs aint no HOMOS[/QUOTE]

What did they call gay dinosaurs in the prehistoric age?

Megasoreass