Re: Haha, more questions

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/15/02 1:08:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, longrich@alumni.princeton.edu writes:


> Some of the alleged 
> alvarezsaur-ornithomimosaur synapomorphies may not even be primitive for 
> ornithomimosaurs: Harpymimus has a relatively short first 
> metacarpal(only a little more than 50% of MC II)  


Though this is in itself ambiguous, since _Pelecanimimus_, which has more teeth than _Harpymimus_ and thereby appears more primitive, already has a long MC I.

--Nick P.