Re: the first raptor

[Dino Guy and Computer Gal <gbabcock@best.com>]

Tim Williams wrote:

> Wouldn't it be wonderful if _Microraptor_ + _Sinornithosaurus_ + Aves form a
> clade; _Utahraptor_ and _Achillobator_ form a second eumaniraptoran clade;
> and the other eumaniraptorans (_Dromaeosaurus_, _Deinonychus_,
> _Velociraptor_) form a third.  Aves a subset of the Dromaeosauridae?  I can
> see a few people getting into a flap over that.

You might be interested in Gregory S. Paul's upcoming book, scheduled to come
out next month:

_Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in Dinosaurs and Birds_.

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Ralph W. Miller III   ralph.miller@alumni.usc.edu

"How do you get down off a _Carnotaurus_ individual?"
"?"
"You don't get down off a _Carnotaurus_ individual, you get down off a specimen
of _Sinornithosaurus_."