RE: coelurosaur phylogeny

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>]

> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> Aegyptiacus@aol.com
>
> Hello dear listmembers
> Following Mickey's firts analysis and other people comments I'm
> still wondering what *Bagaraatan* is really.

Your not the only one!

> Has it been poping
> around trees all the time?

Yes. It has been considered a basal coelurosaur, a troodontid, a basal
tyrannosauroid (Holtz et al. in press), and who knows what else!

                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
                Vertebrate Paleontologist
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