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.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Having your ideas published without attribution, and having your names with priority ignored

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Gao et al. (2012) provide an excellent description of DNHM-D3078, a new Sapeornis specimen.  While the illustrations and photos are of high ...
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Friday, August 24, 2012

Turner et al. 2012- great review, sloppy analysis

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Back in October 2011, Turner et al. redescribed Mahakala and included a phylogenetic analysis which basically combined the TWG matrix with C...
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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Adasaurus' skull!

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So Turner et al. (2012) has been published and FINALLY we can see Adasaurus a mere 29 years after it was described.  Was that so hard?  Here...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

When new data appears in creationism papers

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Well that title ought to get the views.  You may recall a while back when I complained about Senter not stating his Tsaagan OTU included Lin...
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Monday, July 23, 2012

Resolving why Confuciusornis has a modified wireframe nearly identical to juvenile Alligator

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In my last post, I took Bhullar et al. (2012) to task for 1) their choice of Confuciusornis as being a close match in analyzed skull shape t...
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Does Confuciusornis really have a skull configuration like juvenile Alligator?

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EDIT: The issues have been resolved.  The short version is that the wireframes are not actually of the specimens, but rather what the averag...
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Monday, July 2, 2012

Silently combining taxa

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Just a brief rant today.  Senter et al.'s (2012) Yurgovuchia paper includes Linheraptor codings in its Tsaagan OTU, and the fairly compl...
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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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