Re: Questions

[Steven Mahon <floridamahon@yahoo.com>]

--- Jaime Headden <ja_headden@qilong.8m.com> wrote:

> *Compsognathus* would seem to not
> hav it.

Does "it seems" mean unknown or just no?
 
>   Various of them. 

which ones?
 
>   Among the taxa listed, only some troodontids seem
> to lack the process

So did all 3 in my list lose or no?

 Ornithomimosaurs
> also have a long ischium.

Does that mean the ischium is 2/3 or less length of
pubis?

> Some coelurosaurs have short ascending processes of
> the astragalus, 

Which ones?

from less
> than 1/5 in *Beipiaosaurus* and therizinosauroids.

so should I change it to greater than 1/5?

> Oviraptorosaurs and
> therizinosauroids have most caudals with transverse
> processes, 

15? soo, could this one be a Maniraptoran character
then?

Also, when you say *Erlikosaurus* has a character,
does that mean the other therizinosaurians dont have
it, or is it unknown?

      Thanks Again,
        Steven Mahon

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