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Revising Hou et al, 96 (very very short)



> I said no _Mesozoic_ avians have been described
> with caudal pleurocoels, some living taxa (eg. Struthio I think) have
them.
> Microvenator doesn't have them, just Nomingia and caenagnathoids.  Also
> found in carcharodontosaurids and perhaps a few other things.

*Patagonykus* appears to have some. Turkeys don't.

> > But you have Hesperornis coded as
> > "1" when it shouldn't it be "?"...
>
> I don't think I meant to code it that way, but it has pretty damn reduced
> hands, wouldn't you say? ;-)
>
> Mickey Mortimer

Doesn't *Baptornis* still have fingers?