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Re: New alvarezsaurid
><< Avimimids are chimeras. >>
>
>The holotype specimen of _Avimimus portentosus_ is a skull cap (as far
as I
>can recall--my copy of the paper is not yet with me here in San Diego),
so the
>species is not a chimera but, perhaps, poorly defined. However, other
material
>referred to the species may belong to other species, which would screw
up the
>hypodigm. Figure out what family the skull cap belongs to, and if that
family
>doesn't already have a name, it must be called Avimimidae. That's what
>avimimids are. The other material may or may not belong to other
families.
>
I was refering to the must often concieved image of avimimids. As
for the identity of the type material, I know that Perle has conjectured
that it is a juvenile oviraptorosaur skull. Given the similiar
morphology, I think this is viable.
Matt Troutman
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