tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049195237412585561.post7612540930592761747..comments2023-11-07T12:07:59.585-08:00Comments on Pterosaurs to Birds: Looking for an ancestorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049195237412585561.post-81169931887689181952011-05-30T13:31:01.188-07:002011-05-30T13:31:01.188-07:00If you use the search function on this site you wi...If you use the search function on this site you will see references to Sinosauropteryx. <br />The search function is on the right side of every page.Dr. Pterosaurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13137867768653523183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049195237412585561.post-91818249075103918192011-05-30T12:59:01.035-07:002011-05-30T12:59:01.035-07:00Taylor, the evidence is found on the posts of this...Taylor, the evidence is found on the posts of this blog.Dr. Pterosaurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13137867768653523183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049195237412585561.post-85576588125198805922011-05-30T12:03:54.995-07:002011-05-30T12:03:54.995-07:00Gimme your evidence... I'd love to see any.
Bu...Gimme your evidence... I'd love to see any.<br />But wait... birds have feathers and that's a unique character to Maniraptoriformes. That's what you think.<br /><br />You know feathers have been found outside of the Maniraptoriformes, though, right?<br />The first feathers of a dinosaur were actually found in the basal coelurosaur compsognathid Sinosauropteryx.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049195237412585561.post-5826703267164652972011-05-29T09:51:11.037-07:002011-05-29T09:51:11.037-07:00Hello Taylor.
You have posted:
"You don'...Hello Taylor. <br />You have posted:<br />"You don't get it, okay, MANIRAPTORANS ARE THEROPOD DINOSAURS, they are not pterosaurs 100% without a doubt. No material has ever disproven this claim and no material ever will."<br /><br />I understand that is your thinking. But you are simply asserting it. I am showing in this blog that the evidence shows that birds developed from pterosaurs. If you want to disagree, you will have to deal with the evidence. And not simply count on the acceptance of your assertion. <br />I am delighted to discuss the evidence with you. <br />Please refer to any post of mine that you disagree with and explain with evidence why you disagree.Dr. Pterosaurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13137867768653523183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049195237412585561.post-91210401066769244592011-05-29T09:16:32.500-07:002011-05-29T09:16:32.500-07:00I meant Paraves, not Paravia, sorry for the confus...I meant Paraves, not Paravia, sorry for the confusion.<br />Actually, Paraves is a clade suggesting that birds and deinonychosaurs shared a common ancestor, therefore making birds and deinonychosaurs each other's closest relatives.<br /><br />You don't get it, okay, MANIRAPTORANS ARE THEROPOD DINOSAURS, they are not pterosaurs 100% without a doubt. No material has ever disproven this claim and no material ever will.<br /><br />I will use cladistics to disprove you:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniraptora#Classification<br /><br />The most basal maniraptors/maniraptoriformes are ornitholestines (they may just be basal coelurosaurs), then therizinosaurs and alvarezsaurs. Then, there's a group called the Aviremigia. Aviremigia consists of oviraptorosaurs, deinonychosaurus and avialans. To narrow down further, deinonychosaurs and avialans are united in the group of Paraves.<br /><br />So, the closest relatives to birds are:<br />* deinonychosaurs<br />* oviraptorosaurs<br />* alvarezsauroids<br />* therizinosaurs<br />* ornitholestines<br />* ornithomimosaurs<br />* tyrannosauroids<br />* compsognathids<br />* carnosaurs<br />* megalosauroids<br /><br />In the order from most closely related to least closely related.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049195237412585561.post-27613230068242396452011-05-28T16:53:27.897-07:002011-05-28T16:53:27.897-07:00The wikipedia entry is based on the incorrect idea...The wikipedia entry is based on the incorrect idea that maniraptors are dinosaurs. <br /><br />The quote should actually read:<br />They have merely found that maniraptors like dromaeosaurs, troodontids and oviraptorosaurs are close relatives of birds.<br />And in fact they are not simply relatives but ancestors of different modern bird orders.Dr. Pterosaurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13137867768653523183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049195237412585561.post-8996840585873892812011-05-28T16:35:44.352-07:002011-05-28T16:35:44.352-07:00I do not know what Paravia is. I looked it up on w...I do not know what Paravia is. I looked it up on wikipedia and google but that did not help. What do you mean by "Paravia"?Dr. Pterosaurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13137867768653523183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049195237412585561.post-2250682127091627012011-05-28T15:26:48.701-07:002011-05-28T15:26:48.701-07:00"They have merely found that dinosaurs like d..."They have merely found that dinosaurs like dromaeosaurs, troodontids and oviraptorosaurs are close relatives of birds."<br /><br />Then what is the Paravia? Paraves are dinosaurs including avialans and deinonychosaurs. So the common ancestor of deinonychosaurs and birds was the first paravian. Simple. The most basal avialans are scansoriopterygids and archaeopterygids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com