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New Theropods



Hi everyone.  I've got a couple of questions about some newly
discovered theropods (hence the title).  I just got the new National
Geographic the other day.  It's very interesting, I like it better
than the egg one.  I have a question about Sereno's new theropod
called _Deltadromeus_.  He says it is a Coelurosaur (in the proper
sense), but not what kind.  Does anyone know what of Coelurosaur it
is?  Is it possible that it is related to Baryonichids, Spinosaurids,
Irritatorids or Troodontids?  I would think that that might be a
somewhat valid line of inquiry since, three of the four groups are
known from northern Africa and or southern Europe.  Also, I must now
admit publicly that I believe Segnosaurs (I will not say the Th word)
are probably bullatosaurs because of their theropod like braincases
and nerve anatomy that I doubt would result from parallelism.  They
are damned strange bullatosaurs, but bullatosaurs nonetheless.

Peter Buchholz
Stang1996@aol.com