Friday, Jul. 19, 2002

The Dromaeosaur Fossil

Painstaking care and a light hand is needed to properly bring out the fine detail of the priceless fossil of the Feathered Dromaeosaur ("Fuzzy Raptor"). Lorraine Cornish, one of the paleontology staff at London's Natural History Museum, is just the latest in a long line of experts to work on this remarkable 124-million-year-old dinosaur, described as a "missing link" between dinosaurs and modern birds.