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Re: Yandangornis
If these lumpings are correct, and if _Jeholornis_ is sunk into
_Shenzhouraptor_ as a previous post points out:
"Ji Qiang, Ji Shu'an, You Hailu, Zhang Jianping, Zhang Hongbin, Zhang
Nanjun, Yuan Chongxi & Ji Xinxin, 2003. "An Early Cretaceous Avialan Bird,
Shenzhouraptor sinensis from Western Liaoning, China," Acta Geologica
Sinica 77(1): 21-26 [March 2003].
The latter sinks Jeholornis prima as a junior subjective synonym of
Shenzhouraptor sinensis by publication priority (July 15, 2002 versus July
25, 2002). "
... then all four genera would become one! Mama mia!
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"Dino Guy" Ralph W. Miller III
Docent at the California Academy of Sciences
proud member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marco Auditore" <maaudito@tin.it>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 3:19 PM
Subject: Yandangornis
Only to tell that Dr. Zhonghe Zhou wrote to me that it consider
Yandangornis and Jixiangornis synonim of Jeholornis.
Probably for Jixiangornis he is right, but if I remember correctly the
fore and hind limb proportions of Yandangornis are quite different.
Marco