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Re: Aurornis, new Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China
David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at> wrote:
> Biggest surprise in the paper: *Balaur* is a bird, the sister-group of
> Avebrevicauda.
It was a surprise to me too. But no surprise to Andrea Cau, I'm sure. :-)
Does that mean _Balaur_ was secondarily flightless? Was it the Hateg
equivalent of a dodo? (A very scary dodo...)
> *Rahonavis* and *Shenzhouraptor* come out as sister-groups,
That would be Jeholornithidae, I guess.
Cheers
Tim