Re: new paper on dino evolution

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 97-06-26 17:47:46 EDT, th81@umail.umd.edu (Thomas R.
Holtz, Jr.) writes:

> A new theropod clade name, Paraves, for Deinonychosauria + Aves.

Wow; deja vu attack!  I doubt any of you remember, but I proposed exactly
this name online a couple years ago (for a clade about equivalent to
Arctometatarsalia).  I don't know that Paraves ("beside birds") really
applies very well to a taxon including the birds!

Does Sereno really still believe in the Deinonychosauria?  Or has he removed
Troodontidae from this taxon?

Nick P.