Mark Norell Quotes (8 Quotes)

It is the third to be found, but the first one that has shown feathers identical to the ones in modern birds. They were probably present on some of those in the past, but the feathers weren't preserved well enough to be able to see the fine structure. On

These fossils are things we predicted would be there but seriously in my lifetime I never thought we were going to find them.

A lot of people, from seeing the film 'Jurassic Park,' know what an ostrich dinosaur looked like. This is a case of convergence with the ostrich dinosaur. It evolved more than once.

A number of them don't even have names yet.

Discoveries in the past 10 or 15 years have been incorporated into popular outlets. Kids watch these programs, so they do have a more up-to-date perspective than adults.

It would not have been used for fighting - it would have been paper-thin. That's still a long way ahead.

The feather structure is unmistakable. You see a central shaft, and then veins or barbs coming off the side. It is identical to a modern bird feather. It was even obvious to my 3-year-old daughter.

People care about tyrannosaurs. People are interested in them - not just scientists - and this fossil goes a long way to understanding their early history.