Comments on: Birds Inherited Strong Sense of Smell From Dinosaurs http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/04/birds-inherited-strong-sense-of-smell-from-dinosaurs/ Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: JerkyD http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/04/birds-inherited-strong-sense-of-smell-from-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-3988 JerkyD Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:32:24 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=5298#comment-3988 "Multiple lines of evidence have confirmed that birds evolved from maniraptoran dinosaurs—a subgroup of coelurosaurs containing dinosaurs such as Deinonychus, Struthiomimus, Oviraptor and others—and the brain studies showed that sense of smell improved during the evolution of this group." I think you're mixing up Maniraptora & Maniraptoriformes (Ornithomimosauria + Maniraptora). Otherwise, good summary (as usual). “Multiple lines of evidence have confirmed that birds evolved from maniraptoran dinosaurs—a subgroup of coelurosaurs containing dinosaurs such as Deinonychus, Struthiomimus, Oviraptor and others—and the brain studies showed that sense of smell improved during the evolution of this group.”

I think you’re mixing up Maniraptora & Maniraptoriformes (Ornithomimosauria + Maniraptora). Otherwise, good summary (as usual).

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