So then why "after"? There are both velociraptorine
and dromaeosaurine teeth, next to 103 "cf. Archaeopteryx"
teeth, in the ex-coal mine of Guimarota in Portugal -- Kimmeridgian in age,
while Solnhofen etc. is Tithonian --, there is a
fragmentary "maniraptoran" of uncertain affinities from the
Morrison Formation, there are "dromaeosaurid" (depends on the definition) teeth
from the Middle Jurassic of England, Scotland and Russia, there's Ozraptor from
the Middle Jurassic of Australia that is usually considered an indeterminate
theropod while some call it a "dromaeosaurid", and then there are rumors of
EARLY JURASSIC "dromaeosaurid" teeth from Antarctica.
See http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/2000Dec/msg00564.html for
those refs that exist. The Guimarota stuff is in
Thomas Martin & Bernard Krebs (eds): Guimarota
-- A Jurassic Ecosystem, Dr. Friedrich Pfeil 2000.
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