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Re: Kakapo and the origin of flight

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Subject: Re: Kakapo and the origin of flight
From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:07:42 +0200
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Williams, Tim" <TiJaWi@agron.iastate.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 12:12 AM

> Nick Pharris wrote:

[...]

> >Is it possible that _Microraptor_ is one?
>
> The arctomet foot of _Microraptor_ suggests this as a real possibility.

Well, it has a subarctomet foot, like *Sinovenator* and *Sinornithosaurus*,
and -- in caudal view, the cranial face isn't prepared -- *Sinornithoides*,
doesn't it?

References:
- RE: Kakapo and the origin of flight (was RE: del Hoyo's avian vol umes )
  - From: "Williams, Tim" <TiJaWi@agron.iastate.edu>

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