In a message dated 11/19/00 3:25:25 AM EST, Mickey_Mortimer@email.msn.com writes: << The earliest named dromaeosaurid is Nuthetes destructor from the Berriasian of England. >> Theropod, likely; but dromaeosaurid (i.e., in family Dromaeosauridae)? Hmm. Also, last I heard is that Stephan Pickering believes this is non-dinosaurian.