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Nick Pharris
wrote-
> 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.
Or perhaps we are biased by just looking at the dentition, and Pelecanimimus is actually more derived than Harpymimus based on its manual characters. It's not like convergent losses of teeth weren't common in coelurosaurs..... Mickey
Mortimer
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