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- noun biology Any of a group of advanced
therapods , of the clade Maniraptora, thought to beancestors of bothdinosaurs andbirds
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This became the mainstream view until the 1970s, when a new look at the anatomical evidence combined with new data from maniraptoran theropods led John Ostrom to successfully resurrect the dinosaur hypothesis.
Scientists Come to a Conclusion: Asteroid Killed the Dinosaurs | Universe Today 2010
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They had black-and-white feathers and the faces of toothy owls along with the typical maniraptoran sickle-claw.
Archive 2009-07-05 Sean Craven 2009
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They had black-and-white feathers and the faces of toothy owls along with the typical maniraptoran sickle-claw.
You Want Evopunk? I'll Give You Evopunk. Sean Craven 2009
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At least, lets wait until those studies are in before shaking up the maniraptoran tree.
New Archaeopteryx fossil provides further insight into bird, dinosaur evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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At least, lets wait until those studies are in before shaking up the maniraptoran tree.
New Archaeopteryx fossil provides further insight into bird, dinosaur evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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The size and curvature of the claw and dig marks suggest they were probably left by the feet of a maniraptoran theropod.
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The size and curvature of the claw and dig marks suggest they were probably left by the feet of a maniraptoran theropod.
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The proximal end of the carpometacarpus is a large, trochleated, convex lump that is very obviously homologous with the semi-lunate carpal bone of non-avian maniraptoran theropods.
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The size and curvature of the claw indicates that it was a maniraptoran theropod - carnivorous dinosaurs including velociraptors and the ancestors of modern birds among their ranks.
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Epidexipteryx: bizarre little strap-feathered maniraptoran TrackBacks
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Darren Naish none@example.com 2010
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Citation on Prolagus's Zhang et al 2008 Nature.
October 23, 2008