Re: Dinosauricon Phylogeny: in progress

["Tim Williams" <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

>    `--+--*Archaeopteryx* (both species lumped)       `--+--basal 
> Troodontidae (*Sinovenator* + *-ornithoides* lumped)          
> `--+--*Microraptor* (both species lumped)             
> `--+--Scansoriopterygidae (both species lumped)                
> `--+--+--*Rahonavis*                    |  `--*Shenzhouraptor*              
>      `--+--*Hulsanpes*


Just a quick question: _Hulsanpes_ was originally described by Osmolska 
(1982) as a dromaeosaurid.  The above phylogeny (and some before it on the 
DML) place _Hulsanpes_ within the birds; this has been circulating for at 
least 5 years.  But has anyone ever published the interpretation that 
_Hulsanpes_ is probably a bird?



Tim

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