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Re: Caudipteryx (was Re: Just following the trend of questioning...)

To: aspidel@wanadoo.be, dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: Caudipteryx (was Re: Just following the trend of questioning...)
From: "Nicholas Gardner" <n_gardner637@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 16:10:20 -0400
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L.J. Bailly wrote:

What does it mean about the phylogenic position of _Caudipteryx_? IIRC it's been thought to be a basal oviraptorosaur. But I don't recall any oviraptorosaur with 2 phalanges on the 3rd digit.

At best, it probably is a good indicator that Caudipteryx isn't the best model for the ur-oviraptorosaur.

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About Paul Sereno: wonderful, what he's done for this young girl
interested in paleontology.


Agreed.


Nick Gardner
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