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.

Saturday, April 13, 2019

Imperobator the second named Antarctic Mesozoic theropod

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Hi all.  Today we got the accepted manuscript version of Ely and Case's redescription of of the Naze dromaeosaur, initially briefly repo...
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Monday, March 25, 2019

What is Lingyuanosaurus?

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A quick one here.  I've had the flu for the past week, so haven't felt up to doing any professional work, but we did get the descrip...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Etrigansauria, the unnecessary demon

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For this week's post, we have a new paper on ceratosaurs by Delcourt (2018).  The paper discusses anatomy, behavior and such (and provid...
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Monday, June 18, 2018

Confuciusornithiform taxonomy in Wang et al 2018

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Well I missed a week, but this post is on Wang et al.'s (2018) new paper on confuciusornithiforms.  Note that's not confuciusornithi...
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Friday, June 1, 2018

Basal theropods in the Lori analysis

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In lieu of my original post plan, I just got results from Scott on the most recent analysis of the Lori matrix.  This includes the Archaeopt...
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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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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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