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In December 2018, “Nature Magazine” posted an article stating researchers claimed to have found featherlike structures in two specimens of pterosaurs, but are they really pycnofibers that paleontologist claim them to be? Scientific studies would suggest otherwise. In 2007, two secular scientists, Theagarten Lingham-Soliar and Alan Feduccia, teamed up to study these integumentary structures in detail. They examined this ‘dino fuzz’ using scanning electron microscopy and came to a surprising conclusion—the fuzzy structures were neither feathers, nor were they hollow, but were instead identical to partially decayed collagen fibers in skin. Feduccia even noted that the ‘dino fuzz’ on Sinosauropteryx was not even on the surface of the creature but within the confines of the body outline. The duo carried out further experiments including burying dolphin carcasses for a year before studying them in their partially decayed state with SEM and chromatographic analysis. They compared the ‘dino fuzz’ in Sinosauropteryx with similar structures found in fossil pterosaurs, fossil ichthyosaurs, and decayed carcasses of dolphins and
sharks. All these creatures presented identical hairlike structures on their fossils/carcasses. But ichthyosaurs, dolphins, and sharks do not fly, nor do they have feathers! Sinosauropteryx is not a Pterosaur, but rather a Dinosaur, which supposed experts would state is the foundation to the feathered dinosaur claim, or the idea that Dinosaurs evolved into birds. Now if these pterosaur ‘pycnofibers’ are nothing more than decayed collagen fibers, so too are the three types of dinosaurs ‘protofeathers’ associated with it. This presents a challenge for those who choose to interpret ‘dino fuzz’ as evidence of feathered dinosaurs. Joining us on the Network today is Joe Taylor the owner of the Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum in Texas. Joe has spent years studying
the bones of extinct and presumed to be extinct reptiles. What are his thoughts on this Feather Condundrum? A special thank you to Joe Tay for his extensive re-search and published article provided through “Creation International”. Thank you to Joe Taylor for his knowledge and amazing discoveries.
Joe Tay, Creation International, https://creation.com/feathered-pteros...
Joe Taylor, Forbidden Paleontology, https://kgradb.com/forbidden-paleonto...
