tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post5277430121605448458..comments2024-03-18T18:17:34.333+01:00Comments on Theropoda: _Confuciusornis jianchangensis_ รจ un _Confuciusornis_?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-2518604847193611682010-10-02T01:23:46.173+02:002010-10-02T01:23:46.173+02:00Those are good additional points. You're prob...Those are good additional points. You're probably right this is an ornithothoracine.Mickey Mortimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831823442911513851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-7432977417253202792010-10-01T09:15:25.550+02:002010-10-01T09:15:25.550+02:00Interesting objections. Note that both fibulae are...Interesting objections. Note that both fibulae are overlapped in the same way: I suggest they are really short and not overlapped. Also, note these features I did not mention in the post: the ischium is 77% pubis, and metatarsal V is absent. Both non-Confuciusornis features.Andrea Cauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855060597677361866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-72996028308920065202010-10-01T02:14:00.350+02:002010-10-01T02:14:00.350+02:00Interesting idea. I don't yet have a copy of ...Interesting idea. I don't yet have a copy of the paper myself, but to play Devil's Advocate... the fibula's distal end could be overlapped by the tibia or simply not illustrated, the ischium could be in dorsal or ventral view, the proximally fused tarsometatarsus doesn't seem different from confuciusornithids or enantiornithines, and the exact cervical and dorsal count is Mickey Mortimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831823442911513851noreply@blogger.com