WYLEYIA A DROMAEOSAUR?

[darren.naish@port.ac.uk]

The Jaimester also wrote..

>  Loosing sight of the supposed troodontid and
> dromaeosaurid European material (*Wyleyia,*

Has anybody ever actually suggest a dromaeosaurid or troodontid 
identity for _Wyleyia_? Published interpretations of which I'm aware 
are primitive avian (Harrison and Walker), non-avian small theropod 
(Norman, Feduccia etc.), enantiornithine (Walker) and palaeognath 
(Kurochkin). My previous (unpublished) coverage of it was minimal 
and it's worth returning to. It probably is avian but I'm not totally 
convinced.

DARREN NAISH 
PALAEOBIOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP
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