Re: No Sternum for _Archaeopteryx_

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

> "in its general morphology...neither avian, i.e. long and pillar-like, nor
> theropodan, i.e. short and semicircular. Rather it is unique in being
> somewhat intermediate in its form and in extending in two planes."

Does it now resemble that of *Sapeornis*, instead of that of 
*Shenzhouraptor*?

> but I guess it means all the people who
> only see 1's and 0's can now remove the "1" from their coding for this
> character in _Archaeopteryx_, at least if you were basing that on this
> specimen!

Oh yes. This includes myself. There are at least two characters where I have 
to change something. Perhaps my long-tailed bird clade will fall apart 
(though I doubt it).

BTW, does the paper exist somewhere in some electronic format? The journal 
seems to be completely unavailable between here and Solnhofen.

> An expert is a man who has made all
> the mistakes that can be made in a very
> narrow field. -- Niels Bohr

How true...

> After one look at this planet any visitor
> from outer space would say "I want to
> see the manager." -- William Burroughs

:-D