Friday, January 9, 2015

Dino to bird - off on the wrong foot

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The revival of the dino to bird idea began with the work of John Ostrom in the 1970's. But Ostrom misinterpreted the flightless Deino...
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Dinosaur to bird - implausible rates of change

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For the dino to bird theory to be correct, the evolutionary rates must have been up to four times faster. But that would mean that for the d...
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Thursday, January 1, 2015

How did birds come into being?

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How did birds come into being? First we must distinguish between modern birds on the one hand, and their feathered ancestors called "b...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Pubis evolution

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http://pterosaurheresies.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/prepubes588.jpg Pterosaur pubis (in green) and prepubis (in yellow). The drawing of M...
Sunday, December 14, 2014

Feet

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Pterosaur feet are like basal paraves feet. Dinosaur feet are not like basal paraves feet. ivpp.cas.cn/qt/papers/201403/P0201403143935482...
Friday, December 12, 2014

Notable

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http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120604508520389814.pdf The [ Epidendrosaurus ] material described in this paper was collected f...
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Monday, December 8, 2014

Vocabulary

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It needs to be kept in mind that the vocabulary that is routinely used in discussing the origin of birds is based on the dino to bird theory...
Sunday, November 30, 2014

Intramandibular joint

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PTEROSAURS http://dml.cmnh.org/2002Sep/msg00187.html The unusual intra-mandibular joint described above is found only in herrerasaurids...
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