Re: Pygostyle-like structure from Beipiaosaurus

[Luis Rey <luisrey@ndirect.co.uk>]

Ronald Orenstein wrote:

>
> Undoubtedly this will fuel the idea that these critters are secondarily
> flightless birds (which will mean, I suppose, that Feduccia et al will
> argue that therizinosaurids are not dinosaurs).
>

I always loved the idea of a more-than-ten-meter-long 'sumo wrestler' bird
with three fingers sporting  one meter  sharp straight claws. I'm sure
Feduccia can fit anything anywhere... the main thing is to have the evidence
tailor sized to his own expectatives, not viceversa.


Luis Rey

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