Comment on Ukhaa Tolgod Avifauna by MattMart
Hello Matt. Many compliments for your theropods drawings, they are so beautiful and accurate!
i'm doing a drawing with Archaeopteryx. I've read on a blog page that this dinosaur have "four wings", more precisely feathers on the legs like Microraptor gui. What you think about that?
I've found this picture of Xiagiontia, an Archaeopteryx relative: [link]
Legs feathers of Archaeopteryx are like this Xiagiontia?
i'm doing a drawing with Archaeopteryx. I've read on a blog page that this dinosaur have "four wings", more precisely feathers on the legs like Microraptor gui. What you think about that?
I've found this picture of Xiagiontia, an Archaeopteryx relative: [link]
![[link]](https://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/mg21128234.400/mg21128234.400-1_300.jpg){kind=link}
Legs feathers of Archaeopteryx are like this Xiagiontia?
My understanding is that these are not really like the 'leg wings' of Microraptor. They are more like 'feather trousers' as seen on modern birds of prey, like in this image: [link]
That is, the feathers are fairly long but they do not form a flat plane like a real wing. There are no feathers on the metatarsaus, to my knowledge, which is another feature of true leg wings.
Hope this helps!
![[link]](https://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.hunter-ed.com/wildlife/wildlife_specific_images/wildlife_photos/ferruginous_hawk.jpg){kind=link}
That is, the feathers are fairly long but they do not form a flat plane like a real wing. There are no feathers on the metatarsaus, to my knowledge, which is another feature of true leg wings.
Hope this helps!