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RE: FEATHERS FOR T-REX?

On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Williams, Tim wrote:

> To put it another way, possession of feathery integumentary
> structures is *minimally* primitive for the Maniraptoriformes (if
> _Sinosauropteryx_ is a basal maniraptoriform).

Kind of a big assumption, isn't it? I would say it's minimally primitive
for Clade(_Sinosauropteryx prima_ + _Vultur gryphus_). Whether certain
clades (_Tyrannosauroidea_, _Ornithomimosauria_, etc.) belong to that
clade or not is currently unresolved.

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