Re: my phylogeny growing

["Ken Kinman" <kinman@hotmail.com>]

Mickey,
    Is there any particular reason you chose to believe Norell and 
Makovicky (1997) rather than Forster (1998) about the ischial symphysis in 
Archaeopteryx?  Did someone goof or is this some difference of 
interpretation among these authors (or could it be different in different 
specimens)?
    Also, I wondered if you could elaborate on the proximally expanded mt3 
of Yandangornis and pygostylians being "more primitive" than that of most 
maniraptoriformes.  Do you see this as a reversal to a plesiomorphic state 
(at least in the proximal region)?
         Thanks,   Ken

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