"... except for the surprising lack of feathers present ."
"I 'm not sure what you are saying . Are you saying that you think that theropod dinosaurs should have more feathers than this Sinornithosaurus does ? First you claim that the entire forelimb would have been useless , and when shown that it was not you claim that the feathers could not have existed because they would be useless , and now when shown a fossil that shows feathers , you are surprised that there are not more . I suspect that not all of the feathers on this creature are apparent in the fossil . http : //research.amnh.org/vertpaleo/feather5.jpg http : //research.amnh.org/vertpaleo/feather9a.jpg http : //research.amnh.org/vertpaleo/feather11.jpg But there are enough to show that feathered dinosaurs did , in fact exist . Any argument about whether or not is is possible that such creatures existed is moot . It is irrelevant that you feel that such limbs would have been useless . Obviously they were not . So now we return to your original confused and erroneous arguments ."
"except for the surprising lack of feathers present ."
"I 'm not sure what you are saying . Are you saying that you think that theropod dinosaurs should have more feathers than this Sinornithosaurus does ?"