Re: *Procompsognathus*

[Justin S Tweet <thescelosaurus@juno.com>]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 17:29:18 -0700 (PDT) "Jaime A. Headden"
<qilongia@yahoo.com> writes:
[snip]
>Dinosaurs, along with their immediate outgroups, are
> diagnosed by the abscence of the fifth metacarpal and any phalanges
> associated with it. On the off-chance that paedomorphosis produces a
> dinosaur with a five fingered manus _aside_ from a questionable
> specimen like SMNS 12352, then we'll talk digits, dudes.

Are you sure dinosaurs are diagnosed by the absence of the fifth
metacarpal? Sauropodomorphs and most ornithischians have five-fingered
hands (and *Eoraptor* has a splint of an MC V).  Do you mean a different
clade, like Theropoda?-*Thescelosaurus*
 
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> Jaime "James" A. Headden
> 
>   Dinosaurs are horrible, terrible creatures! Even the
>   fluffy ones, the snuggle-up-at-night-with ones. You think
>   they're fun and sweet, but watch out for that stray tail
>   spike! Down, gaston, down, boy! No, not on top of Momma!
> 
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