R: Eoraptor question

["Alessandro Marisa" <amaris@tin.it>]

-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Larry Dunn <majestic_cheese@yahoo.com>
A: dinosaur@usc.edu <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Data: giovedì 19 novembre 1998 9.07
Oggetto: Eoraptor question


>Why is _Eoraptor_ supposedly closer to the basal saurischian than,
>say, _Herrerasaurus_?  Is that in fact the most common opinion of the
>placement of E.?

Eoraptor lacking the derived character found in Herrerasauridae. For the
information that I have Eoraptor distinguished from all other Dinosauria for
the presence of a posterolateral process on the premaxilla, and a heterodont
dentition consisting of premaxillary and maxillary teeth leaf shaped; and
has a
generalized anatomy for a Dinosauria, infact lacking the cranial features of
Theropoda, Sauropodomorpha and Ornithischia. However, the presence of some
derived features placed Eoraptor within the Theropoda.

By and sorry for the English
Alessandro Marisa
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