Reconstruction rambles {minipost} by Paleop, journal
Reconstruction rambles {minipost}
Wouldn't fit in a status update so I'm throwing it here.
Quick guide for wings.Tertiary feathers have not been found in non-avian dinosaurs. (even the flying ones)
Due to the lack of flight in most lineages of non-avian dinosaurs I would not be expecting to see convergently evolved tertiary feathers having evolved in most maniraptor lineages. So unless it's a bird, ixnay on the tertiary
I've seen a lot of reconstructions that treat the primary and secondary wing feathers as two distinct independently moving structures on the wing. This is not how wings work. In order for wings to catch air properly the feathers rotate with each other. Th