Re: Large UK "velociraptorine teeth"

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

> This is supported by the discovery of putative dromaeosaurid teeth from
the
> Late Jurassic (e.g., Guimarota).  Also, the sister taxon relationship
> between deinonychosaurs and birds, combined with the presence of an
> undoubted bird (_Archaeopteryx_) in the Late Jurassic, shows that the
> Deinonychosauria and Aves had split before then.  (Unless, as some folks
> suggest, deinonychosaurs are actually more derived than _Archaeopteryx_).

This would matter if the Guimarota teeth could be basal to (Dromaeosauridae
+ Archie). They can't. At least the "dromaeosaurine" teeth must be inside
Dromaeosauridae, if we don't want to assume some impressive convergences.

Oh for a skeleton of *Eshanosaurus*... OK, OK, I'll wait for what will come
out of the Daohugou Fm :-)

> The range of adult body sizes across the dromaeosaur clade is certainly
> impressive.  Still, it pales in comparison to the range we see in the
> deinonychosaurs' sister group!

If we assume there was no adult dromie that weighed around 10 g. :o)