Bambiraptor paper published

["John R. Hutchinson" <jrhutch@socrates.berkeley.edu>]

Title: Bambiraptor paper published

Citation:

Burnham DA, Derstler KL, Currie PJ, Bakker RT, Zhou Z, Ostrom JH. 2000. Remarkable new birdlike dinosaur (Theropoda: Maniraptora) from the Upper Cretaceous of Montana. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 13: 1-14.  3 pages of this are occupied by reconstructions (skeleton, skeleton with body outline, and color restoration).

Describes Bambiraptor feinbergi based on a nice skeleton ("75% adult size" according to the authors).  Shares some derived traits with birds, including a proximal dorsal process of the ischium.

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