PALEONEWS: Scientist disputes fossil is 'missing link' between dinosaurs, birds

[Betty Cunningham <bettyc@flyinggoat.com>]

http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/01/21/feathereddinosaurs.ap/

CNN: Scientist disputes fossil is 'missing link' between dinosaurs,
birds

excerpt:
Now National Geographic magazine plans to publish a note in its March
issue saying that CT scans of the fossil appeared to confirm Xu's
observations and had "revealed anomalies" in the reconstruction, said
National Geographic Society spokeswoman Barbara Moffet. She added that
more information was needed. 

Xu contends the Archaeoraptor is a combination of two fossils: one of
the body and head of a birdlike creature and the other of the tail of a
different dinosaur. He said he has found another fossil, in a private
collection in China, that contains the mirror image of the supposed tail
of the Archaeoraptor. 

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