re:?

[Stan Friesen <swf@ElSegundoCA.ATTGIS.COM>]

From: NJusa@aol.com
 > I have recently purchased the book "The Dinosauria" It is suggested that
 > Dromaeosauridae is closely related to Avialae and shows comsognathus quite a
 > bit away from that stem. Is Deinonychus and others of this family more
 > closely related to Avialae than compsognathus? I don't know about you but
 > this is the first time this concept has been suggested to me.

This is the most widely held position at the present.

A minority hold that the Avialae (aka Aves) are a sister group of the
Troodontids.

A minute minority hold that the Avialae are a sister group of some
portion of the Crocodilia.

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