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RE: Rapator
> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> David Marjanovic
>
> > HOW!!! could someone tell me on which evidence Rapator ornitholestoides
> was
> > reconstructed with a Mononykus-like forelimbs?
>
> Apparently it is an alvarezsaurid:
> http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/2000Mar/msg00555.html
> http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/2000Mar/msg00563.html
> http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/2000Mar/msg00592.html
Hey, let us all be clear on this:
Rapator has NOT been demonstrated to be an alvarezsaurid. However, there is
some *preliminary* evidence suggesting such a placement.
> However, I'm sure 2 other fingers should be visible as in *Shuvuuia*, and
> the ornithomimid-like beak is complete speculation -- neither *Mononykus*
> nor *Shuvuuia* had this feature.
Agreed!
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist
Department of Geology Director, Earth, Life & Time Program
University of Maryland College Park Scholars
College Park, MD 20742
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