Re: More New Refs

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/12/99 4:14:57 AM EST, rayancog@pacific.net.ph writes:

<< But since _Longisquama_ isn't a dinosaur but an archosaur ("thecodont") of
 uncertain affinities (to my knowledge), maybe the furcula may have
 developed independently within the archosaur group. Let's look for an early
 theropod, say an _Eoraptor_ relative, for a furcula. >>

How do you know L. >isn't< a dinosaur? Or a theropod? What features of L. 
indicate to you that it is not a dinosaur or theropod?

L. has things that look like feathers and a thing that looks like a furcula. 
These things are also found in theropod dinosaurs--and, other than in L., 
>only< in theropod dinosaurs.