Re: Eumaniraptora question

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <th81@umail.umd.edu>]

At 04:40 PM 3/2/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi!
>
>All this discussion got me wondering, and I'm unable to find a ref for when
>and where Eumaniraptora was formalized.  It's not in the Currie/Padian
>Encyclo. so it's probably more recent, I've just overlooked it.  I do know
>that the def. is (_Deinonychus_+Neornithes).  If it's not too much trouble,
>could somebody send me a ref?  

Because it ISN'T PUBLISHED YET!!!

Padian, Hutchinson & Holtz (in press).

The definition, however, is all descendants of the most recent common
ancestor of _Deinonychus_ and Neornithes.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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