Re: Labocania anomala

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

Tim Williams wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

Indosuchus was originally thought to be tyrannosaurid as well. And yet
abelisaurs and tyrannosaurs don't seem to be all that closely related.
What is it about the two groups that seems similar?

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