RE: maxillary fenestration & WHAT are "segnosaurs"?

["Tracy Ford" <dino.hunter@home.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
Jaime A. Headden
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 6:48 PM
To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Cc: kinman@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: maxillary fenestration & WHAT are "segnosaurs"?


Ken Kinman (kinman@hotmail.com) wrote:

<In fact, it brings up the question once again of whether
segnosaurs are coelurosaurs AT ALL, or even if we can
confidently place them among tetanurans.>

  My lord, do we have to go through this AGAIN? This whole
concept of segnosaurs being doubtful theropods are coelurosaurs
is bad enough, but to be brought up again and again and again it
is sincerely aggravating.... But anyway, once more unto the
breach...
<<

I would think that the perfect null hyposis would be to try and prove
Therizinosaurids aren't theropods would be to run good cladigrams trying to
prove that they are prosauropods. I would like to see this done. Not as just
an outgroup. I don't have the hardware, time or knowledge to do so. If and
when this is ever done would be a great boon for the family.

Tracy