Ornithodesmus (Was Re: CRETACEOUS STEGOSAURS)

["Simon M. Clabby" <dinowight@yahoo.co.uk>]

>   Correct me if I am wrong, but Seeley originally
> described *Ornithodesmus
> cluniculus* as a bird; it was the discovery of
> pterosaur bones and the
> now-named *Istiodactylus latidens* (formerly *O.
> latidens*) that prompted
> referral to the pterosaurs. 

True, but I think my point still stands...

>Current thought would have it as
> a troodontid, or
> dromaeosaurid, or some generic maniraptoran.

Also, it shares features with coelophysids and
abelisaurids, amongst many others

Simon

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