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Re: Questions



> The ophtalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve (V-1) branches
> off [...]; it's in dromaeosaurids, oviraptorids, *Erlikosaurus,*
> tyrannosaurs, troodontids (which in Judithian braincases also have a
separate
> exit for all three branches of cv-V), as well as in birds,

So you disagree with Currie (1995, JVP) who wrote that in *Dromaeosaurus*
the branches diverge immediately outside the braincase? And with all those
mentionings that *Archaeopteryx* has a single opening, too?

> but there's only one foramen in ornithomimosaurs;

Really?