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.

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

The Missing Maniraptoromorphs

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For this week's post, it's time for an installment of "What can I write about the Lori analysis without giving away any results...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Testing alternative stem bird topologies in Cau, 2018

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In the comments to my last post describing Cau's (2018) new paper detailing the acquisition of characters on the line to Aves, reader AO...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Cau's 2018 theropod tree

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Hi all.  Work's been rapid on the Ornithoscelida project, which has improved due to David Marjanovic's request that I provide a cita...
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Saturday, April 28, 2018

Lori paper submitted

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Hi all.  With that juicy tagline, I'd like to restart regular blog posts here.  It took almost seven years to complete after I joined th...
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Monday, February 5, 2018

Is Eogranivora's pelvis misinterpreted?

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We have another new Jehol bird, this one previously misidentified as Hongshanornis by Zheng et al. (2011).  Zheng et al. (2018) describe it ...
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Sunday, December 31, 2017

Happy New Years and sorry for the hiatus

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So 2018 is upon us, and this blog and the Database have been bereft of updates since Summer.  What gives?  Well, I've finally been doing...
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Monday, July 24, 2017

Theropod Database pilfered again? Teihivenator edition

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Back when I was sorting through obscure theropod species, I noticed the case of "Laelaps" macropus .  Ignored for almost a century...
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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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