(August 11, 2014 at 1:07 pm)Minimalist Wrote: By definition if the earliest dinosaurs had feathers then, at that point in time, ALL dinosaurs had feathers and evolved from there.
Not quite true. To my knowledge all feathered dinosaurs are ceolosuarian, meaning that they are descendants of one small Triassic dinosaur. Ceolosuarian cover a large range of theropods that eat either meat or plants. We do known however that this does not cover all dinosaurs as all ceolosuarian are orithosrithian ( forgive my spelling) and there are still saurischians as well. As well we have carnosaurs which are a whole other lineage of animals.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
