RE: Scansoriopteryx, a non-dinosaurian bird (?)

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu] On Behalf Of Tim 
> Williams
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 9:36 PM
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Re: Scansoriopteryx, a non-dinosaurian bird (?)
> 
> dale mcinnes <wdm1949@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > That's cruel Tim.
> 
> Sometimes you need to be cruel to be kind, Dan.  This paper is bad science.  
> It's a disservice to both paleontology and ornithology.
> 
Yeah. It would be crueler is this was simply some novice ornithologist who had 
no prior experience.

At this point, the BANDits are just sad...

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