Re: Size of Theropods

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-01-23 02:20:51 EST, endocrin@desktop.com.au (Peter
Mark) writes:

>Just a follow up to Scott Horton's post - it would seem that in the past
>there was at least a tendency, perhaps not scientifically rigorous, to lump
>large theropods into carnosauria and small ones into coelurosauria. Now that
>coelurosaurs have got pretty big with the inclusion of tyrannosaurs, just
>what is an acceptable definition of the differences between the two?

For starters, carnosaurs would not have maniraptoran forelimbs, but
coelurians and their descendants would.