Re: Caudipteryx claws,etc

[EctoDino@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/21/99 1:48:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,
gobi2010@hotmail.com writes:

1)> How many claws did Caudipteryx have on it's wing?

2)>  Also, I was wondering how exactly does Protoarchaeopteryx differ from 
>  archaeopteryx?


1) It has three fingers like the other 2 genera mentioned.
2) First of all, that's PROTarchaeopteryx without that second o. P. is a
groundbird much like Caudipteryx, only it could not fly like Archaeopteryx.

Personally, I place all 3 genera within Sauriurae.

--Jim