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Re: Defunct genera and _Pekinosaurus galtoni_
In a message dated 9/28/00 11:26:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
qilongia@yahoo.com writes:
> Read Howgate, 1984, 1985 (_Beginnings of Birds_,
> Viohl et al., (eds)), on the Eichtätt *Archaeopteryx*
> which he first distinguished as a new species, *A.
> recurva* then as a new genus *Jurapteryx recurva.*
> Limb proportions do not appear to reflect trends in
> ontogeny of the other specimens, suggesting separation.
Not to mention that the tail is too friggin' long (and the feathers fringing
the tail are arranged wrong) for _Archaeopteryx_.
Nick P.