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Theropod Systematics

To: Multiple recipients of list <dinosaur@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu>
Subject: Theropod Systematics
From: Adam Yates <zooamy@zoom.zoo.latrobe.edu.au>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 23:10:25 -0400
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Tom Holtz called for a question on theropod systematics so here goes!
Does the association of a  Caenagnathus jaw with a Chirostenotes skeleton 
(reported by Hans-Dieter Sues in the 1994 JVP abstracts) 
prove the synonomy of Caenagnathidae and Elmisauridae? Does the monophyly 
of the Oviraptorosauria (Oviraptoridae + Caenagnathidae) still stand? If 
so does this mean that the arctometarsalian condition arose twice in 
non-avian theropods?
These questions intrigue me and I hope Tom or someone else can provide 
some answers.

Adam Yates
School of Zoology
La Trobe University
Bundoora, 5083, Aust.
e-mail: zooamy@zoo.latrobe.edu.au

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