Frasi di Mark Norell

Mark A. Norell , paleontologo e genetista statunitense.

✵ 26. Luglio 1957
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“Più impariamo di questi animali, più troviamo che praticamente non ci sono differenze tra gli uccelli e i loro antenati dinosauri come Velociraptor.”

Entrambi avevano furcule [altrimenti note come ossa dei desideri], covavano le uova, possedevano ossa cave ed erano ricoperti di piume. Se gli animali come Velociraptor fossero vivi al giorno d'oggi, la nostra prima impressione sarebbe semplicemente quella di uccelli dall'aspetto strano.
The more that we learn about these animals the more we find that there is basically no difference between birds and their closely related dinosaur ancestors like velociraptor. Both have wishbones, brooded their nests, possess hollow bones, and were covered in feathers. If animals like velociraptor were alive today our first impression would be that they were just very unusual looking birds.
Origine: Da Velociraptor had feathers http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070920145402.htm, ScienceDaily, 20 settembre 2007.

Mark Norell: Frasi in inglese

“We have as much evidence that T. rex was feathered, at least during some stage of its life, as we do that australopithecines like Lucy had hair.”

As quoted by B. Keim (2012) "Giant Feathered Tyrannosaur Found in China" Wired (April 4, 2012)

“… if you saw a baby tyrannosaur you would probably think it was a weird looking bird. A full grown one might have had feathers too, maybe not on its whole body though, maybe more of an ornamental display sort of feathers. So traits in the theropod dinosaurs were more birdlike than say, crocodiles.”

As quoted in "How Dinosaurs Loved: An Interview with Dr. Mark Norell on Dino Relations" http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/t-rexxx-how-dinosaurs-lived-loved-and-tasted-q-a-with-dr-mark-norell-american-museum-of-natural-history, Vice (March 20, 2012)

“Really the best way to understand anything about dinosaurs is by looking at living animals. You look at birds and then look at the closest living ancestor of birds, which is the crocodile. If you look at characteristics that birds and crocodiles have in common, the explanation is that the trait was in the common ancestor that birds and crocodiles had at one time.”

As quoted in "How Dinosaurs Loved: An Interview with Dr. Mark Norell on Dino Relations" http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/t-rexxx-how-dinosaurs-lived-loved-and-tasted-q-a-with-dr-mark-norell-american-museum-of-natural-history, Vice (March 20, 2012)