Re: paraphyletic Dromaeosauridae (Yandangornis?)

["Ken Kinman" <kinman@hotmail.com>]

    I agree that plesia are useful, and that is why I've finally backed off 
from a Family Caudipteridae, since the relationships between Caudipteryx and 
other taxa are apparently going to remain volatile for quite some time.
     Presently I am tyring to decide what to do with Yandangornis.  Is it a 
bird near Sapeornis, or closer to dromaeosaurs (sensu lato) or a more 
primitive maniraptor?
         ----- Cheers, Ken
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Nick wrote:
> If you want your eumaniraptoran classification to reflect anything like the 
> current state of knowledge, I have one word for you:  plesia.  Lots of 
> plesia.


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