Re: New alvarezsaurid

["Jaime Headden" <jaemei@hotmail.com>]

<The animal>

(*Suvuuia*)

<is described as being over-all similar to _Mononykus_: large, 
flightless, long neck, long tail, and the same stubby, single-clawed 
forelimbs that have made _Mononykus_ such an enigma. The skull adds one 
significant item to the argument over whether alvarezsaurids were 
dinosaurs or birds: _Suvuuia_ has prokinetic jaws, a feature previously 
found only in birds.

There are no other details in the wire article I have.>

Not even how long it was or its estimated mass?

Oh well, it looks like another nail in BCF's coffin.

Jaime A. Headden

"Feduccia: 'Oh, it's just another coeval thing; it'll blow over....'"

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