Re: Kurochkin 2006 critique

[Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>]

Quoting Michael Mortimer <mickey_mortimer111@msn.com>:

> David Marjanovic wrote-
>
> > > 3. "the distal head of the femur has a lateral crest;"  Absent in
> > > Archaeopteryx (Chiappe, 2002).
> >
> > Distal head? What does that mean?
>
> Some enantiornithines (e.g. Neuquenornis, Concornis) have a crest 
> continuous with the lateral condyle, extending along the 
> posterolateral margin of the distal shaft.  Halimornis lacks it.

I agree with David that calling the distal end of the femur the "distal 
head" sounds a little odd, though this may be a translation issue.

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Nick Pharris
Department of Linguistics
University of Michigan

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