RE: Avian-like breathing mechanics in maniraptoran dinosaurs

[Marco Auditore <maaudito@tin.it>]

At 14.09 08/11/2007 -0800, mickey_mortimer111@msn.com wrote:
> Note that the oviraptorid skeleton identified as AMNH 6517 (Oviraptor 
> philoceratops holotype) is actually IGM 100/973 ("Big Mama"; generally 
> identified as Citipati).

Hi Mickey,

for what I know IGM 100/973 is a specimen of Khaan mckennai. The specimen 
erroneously identified as AMNH 6517 (the museum number of the only 
specimen, and holotype, of Oviraptor philoceratops), is effectively a 
Citipati, but not "Big Mama" (IGM 100/979), but another undescribed 
Citipati specimen known as "Big Auntie" (Clark pers. comm.), from the same 
horizon of "Big Mama".
Even "Big Auntie" was founded in brooding position and is more complete 
than "Big Mama", but there's no skull for what I know.

Marco

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