Re: Coelurosaur phylogeny

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> As for what characters place Protarchaeopteryx in the Avialae-

Which of those is not present in *Caudipteryx*?

> David Marjanovic wrote-
> 
> > But I do think it is interesting that nothing I know except
> > *Microraptor*, *Archaeopteryx*, *Rahonavis*, *S/J*, and
> > *Scansoriopteryx* has middle tail vertebrae that are over
> > twice as long as the 1st one. Do troodontids have
> > that, too?
>
> Sinornithoides, Bambiraptor,

Very good. (And so bad for my bird analysis that maybe I should exclude
Scansoriopterygidae, *Microraptor* and the whole Archie company. Hmmm.)

> Wellnhoferia,

I regard that as a pathological individual of Archie.

> almost certainly Alvarezsaurus.

Forgot that one.

> Probably NGMC 91

Expected from *Microraptor/Cryptovolans* and *Bambiraptor*.

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