tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38902250.post8650790030490055135..comments2023-10-25T04:04:15.348-07:00Comments on When Pigs Fly Returns: Zhongornis haoaeZachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08692080707969333711noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38902250.post-34830709720512885622008-07-28T14:59:00.000-07:002008-07-28T14:59:00.000-07:00D'oh: or not, since phalanges is the plural of ph...D'oh: or not, since phalanges is the plural of phalanx.<BR/><BR/>Autodidacty sucks.Dicing with Dragonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03132972790091524968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38902250.post-11842616340843917702008-07-28T14:21:00.000-07:002008-07-28T14:21:00.000-07:00Gotta fix dem typos! (A phalanx is a military for...Gotta fix dem typos! (A phalanx is a military formation, not an anatomical term.)Dicing with Dragonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03132972790091524968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38902250.post-16178507061302147432008-07-22T07:49:00.000-07:002008-07-22T07:49:00.000-07:00Zhongornis'In addition to Nick's spelling emendati...<B><I>Zhongornis'</I></B><BR/><BR/>In addition to Nick's spelling emendations, it is grammatically incorrect to make a possessive out of a scientific name. That is, anything with an apostrophe in it cannot be tacked on to any scientific name. The only recourse is much more wordy sentences, so instead of "<I>Zhongornis</I>' third manual digit," you have to say "the third manual digit of <I>Zhongornis</I>." You wouldn't believe how often I run into this sort of thing...<BR/><BR/>Oh...also: "li'l" (the apostrophe goes where the missing letters are).<BR/><BR/>Sorry...it's the editor/teacher in me that forces me to make corrections like that...!dinogamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959197175594052460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38902250.post-87350383642973548372008-07-21T20:37:00.000-07:002008-07-21T20:37:00.000-07:00"phalanges""confuciusornithid"That aside, Sapeorni..."phalanges"<BR/>"confuciusornithid"<BR/><BR/>That aside, <EM>Sapeornis</EM> has only two phalanges on manual digit III, as do many other non-avian Avialae. <EM>Jeholornis</EM> has four though. <BR/><BR/>Interestingly enough, the evolution of pygostyles and tail reduction in coelurosaurs is a little more murky than the paper seems to let on, what with pygostyles showing up in basal therizinosauroids (<EM>Beipiaosaurus</EM>) and oviraptorosaurs (<EM>Nomingia</EM>). At any rate, though the paper seems to be uncertain, it does appear that the decrease in vertebral number DID precede pygostyles.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08718847558790015112noreply@blogger.com