 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Well, in Shuvuuia
There [were] these bristles found.
That basically
Seemed to suggest that these were probably feather-like structures
And this had been found
Previous to that
In 1996 of course in the feathered dinosaurs of China [image: Sinosauropteryx]
But the Mongolian find was interesting because of the fact that it was the first non-Chinese, but still Cretaceous-
-Specimen, which suggests that there were more therapods in different preservational environments where
these kind of things could be uncovered.
Part of the problem was that -of course even in China
When these things were first discovered people weren't aware
that they were there- they predicted that Dinosaurs shouldn't have feathers
or any kind of integument other than scales like what you would expect for any modern reptiles
And consequently, people didn't look for them and in some cases, they actually prepared off the feathers.
So the very first feathered dinosaur that was found, Sinosauropteryx (2:35)
We saw a specimen in 1996 but turned out there were two specimens
And the other specimen had been found a little bit before (inaudible) and in fact, most of the feathers had been prepared off
by the person who found it.
So the moral of the story is, if you're not looking for it, you don't find it.
And Suvuuia managed to show that, even in Mongolia you could find feather-like structures on dinosaurs
And consequently, you have to look at things differently
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
