http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2010/02/new-bird-like-dinosaur-solves-evolutionary-puzzle/ Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2010/02/new-bird-like-dinosaur-solves-evolutionary-puzzle/comment-page-1/#comment-1801 A New Ant-Eating Dinosaur, Xixianykus | Dinosaur Tracking Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:54:33 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=2671#comment-1801 [...] presented in the journal Zootaxa, Xixianykus was an alvarezsaurid. This was a bizarre group of feathered dinosaurs with ostrich-like bodies and stubby arms tipped [...] [...] presented in the journal Zootaxa, Xixianykus was an alvarezsaurid. This was a bizarre group of feathered dinosaurs with ostrich-like bodies and stubby arms tipped [...]

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2010/02/new-bird-like-dinosaur-solves-evolutionary-puzzle/comment-page-1/#comment-1498 Zach Miller Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:39:31 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=2671#comment-1498 I'd be interested to know the range of motion for Haplocheirus' manual digits. The heterodont dentition is interesting, too. While I can't imagine a 3-meter animal subsisting on any sort of insect prey, it seems clear to me that Haplocheirus was doing something different than, say, Ornitholestes or Coelurus. I’d be interested to know the range of motion for Haplocheirus’ manual digits. The heterodont dentition is interesting, too. While I can’t imagine a 3-meter animal subsisting on any sort of insect prey, it seems clear to me that Haplocheirus was doing something different than, say, Ornitholestes or Coelurus.

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