Re: Tarbosaur/Tyrannosaur-Velocirapter/Saurantholestes ???

["T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com>]

On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Mickey Mortimer wrote:

> Paul (1987, 1988) suggested that Saurornitholestes langstoni was really a
> species of Velociraptor.  Newly discovered remains of both (Makovicky 1995;
> Norell and Makovicky 1997; Norell and Makovicky 1999; Currie and Varricchio
> in press) show that they were quite different.  My phylogenetic analysis
> consistantly places Saurornitholestes closer to Deinonychus than
> Velociraptor.

Of course, Paul also made _Deinonychus_ a junior synonym of
_Velociraptor_. (I haven't seen anyone follow this move, though.)

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