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RE: handedness in dinosaurs/"birds"

> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> Patrick Mellor
>
> This really gets irritating, I didn't write that
> 'handedness' post, but
> we all know what we mean when we say dinosaur, why does the use of
> 'non-avian dinosaur' always have to be enforced like this, we don't call
> sharks 'non batoid chondricthians'

And it is as annoying as talking about "non-human primates", because no one
would EVER use such a clumsy phrase.

Oh.  Wait.  People do.  Nevermind...

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