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Re: fed up (me too)



THANK YOU!!

Jonathan


> >OK, folks, about whether tyrannosaurs are raptors, feathered or not,
>      and who else is/is not a raptor----I've HAD IT!!!!!
>
>      Let me tell you what a raptor is, once and for all:  a raptor is a
>      member of the Orders Falconiformes or Strigiformes: a hawk, eagle,
>      falcon, owl or one of the relatives of said beasts.  Period.  End of
>      discussion.<
>
>         Amen, brutha!
>
>
> >Tyrannosaurs are NOT raptors.<
>
>         ...unless you're Paul Sereno, in which case they _are_
> tyrannoraptorans (ugh...that's the ugliest, most cacophonic term since
> Bakker mentioned "Clevlanotyrannus" and "Wyomingraptor"...)
>
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