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RE: Labocania anomala

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. wrote:

An abelisaurid affinity has been proposed, as has a non-tyrannosaurid
tyrannosauroid position. I would say that the latter is more likely, but
given how scrappy the material is, there is not much confidence in that.

I think the idea of abelisaurid affinities for _Labocania_ was inspired by the thickened frontals (now apparently lost). The postcranial elements look more tyrannosauroid-like.

The DML archives contain some sobering words on _Labocania_...

http://www.cmnh.org/dinoarch/1999Mar/msg00629.html
http://www.cmnh.org/dinoarch/1999Aug/msg00404.html

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