Re: "Latest Study: No Evidence That Therapods Evolved Into Birds" (sic)

[Jordan Mallon <jordan.mallon@gmail.com>]

This has got to be the most misspelled dinosaur taxon there is (along
with maybe "Tyranosaurus").  I've sometimes wondered if there is a
history behind the use of the word "therapod."  Has it appeared in an
oft-cited theropod publication?  To be honest, I see it so often, it
kind of annoys me.

--
Jordan Mallon

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On 10/10/05, Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. <tholtz@geol.umd.edu> wrote:
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> > Latest study: scientists say no evidence exists
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> Of course therapods didn't evolve into birds.
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> Theropods did.
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