The Theropod Database Blog

Here's a place where I can post my thoughts on new papers, provide updates on my projects, and post info that will eventually be on my website The Theropod Database - https://theropoddatabase.github.io/ . It will center on theropods, but may delve into other topics as well such as phylogenetics.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Qiliania a confuciusornithid?

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Another quiet month due to working on publishable projects, but here's something I noticed when getting an update for my site ready. J...
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Theropod Working Group matrix recoded

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As part of my large in progress paper, and the description of a new paravian I'm coauthoring, I've been going through the TWG matrce...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

The myth of coding from specimens firsthand and the untapped resource of photos

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You've probably heard it many times.  Advice from professional paleontologists about the proper way to code specimens.  For instance, he...
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Friday, May 27, 2011

Accessory trochanters in therizinosaurs

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While doing my work on the TWG matrix, I noticed something interesting.  A brief intro to the structures described here is helpful.  Theropo...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Charig's thesis- "Mandasuchus" and "Teleocrater"

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Fitting with the basal archosaur theme of this month, here's something I've been meaning to post for a while.  One of the rarest Mes...
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Friday, May 20, 2011

Is Saltopus a silesaurid?

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Saltopus was recently redescribed by Benton and Walker (2011), who included it in Brusatte et al.'s (2010) archosaurian matrix.  The res...
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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Sharovipteryx in Nesbitt's matrix

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The last of Peters' (2000) "key taxa" to placing pterosaurs outside Archosauriformes is Sharovipteryx .  Another taxon which w...
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Mickey Mortimer
Seattle, WA, United States
I'm an amateur paleontologist with a BS in Earth and Space Sciences from the University of Washington. My scientific interests center around theropods and phylogenetics.
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