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RE: "Bambiraptor"

> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> Mickey Mortimer

> I thought that this was a specimen of Saurornitholestes langstoni.  It
> certainly looks like a velociraptorine dromaeosaurid and is in the right
> place and time for S. langstoni.  Does anyone know of any differences
> between Saurornitholestes and "Bambiraptor"?
>

These may well be the same taxon: however, neither Saurornitholestes nor
"Bambi" have been well described in the published literature.  A
redescription of Saurornitholestes (with new specimens) is in the work: that
would greatly facilitate determining if "Bambi" is a Saurornitholestes or
some other dromaeosaurid.

                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
                Vertebrate Paleontologist
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University of Maryland          College Park Scholars
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