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Re: What is big, fluffy, and could tear you to shreds? Yutyrannus, the 9 m long feathered tyrannosauroid from China
I am trying very hard to give a fellow ornithologist, who has done good work in
the past, the benefit of the doubt.
Ronald Orenstein
1825 Shady Creek Court
Mississauga, ON
Canada L5L 3W2
On 2012-04-04, at 10:48 PM, "Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu> wrote:
>> From: Dr Ronald Orenstein [mailto:ron.orenstein@rogers.com]
>>
> [snip]
>
>> However, try as I might I could not find any discussion of
>> which maniraptorid features are convergent and why, or which
>> anatomical features contradict the idea that maniraptorids
>> are in fact true dinosaurs. Did I miss it?
>
> No.
>
>> Or has Feduccia
>> really put forward this idea with no supporting anatomical evidence?
>
> Yes.
>
> You write this as if this were a surprise.
>
> Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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>
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>
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>
- References:
- What is big, fluffy, and could tear you to shreds? Yutyrannus, the 9 m long feathered tyrannosauroid from China
- From: "Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu>
- Re: What is big, fluffy, and could tear you to shreds? Yutyrannus, the 9 m long feathered tyrannosauroid from China
- From: K and T Dykes <ktdykes@arcor.de>
- Re: What is big, fluffy, and could tear you to shreds? Yutyrannus, the 9 m long feathered tyrannosauroid from China
- From: Dr Ronald Orenstein <ron.orenstein@rogers.com>
- RE: What is big, fluffy, and could tear you to shreds? Yutyrannus, the 9 m long feathered tyrannosauroid from China
- From: "Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu>