Talk:Microraptor

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[edit] NPOV of Naming

and second, because they do not want Olson's nomenclatural sabotage to succeed.

I don't think this meets NPOV. It might be the view of "Most paleontologists", but then it should be mentioned that this is their POV. I propose:

and second, because they view Olson's name as "nomenclatural sabotage" and do not want to support it. - Jokermage 06:37:17, 2005-08-28 (UTC)

[edit] Species

There are two species in the genus Microraptor, M. gui and M. zhaoianus. M. gui is the 4-winged species, but zhaoianus were only an arboreal dinosaur withouth wings. This article is wrong. Maniraptor

The type specimen of M. zhaoianus is too poorly preserved (compared to M. gui) to deduce the extent of its wings. The fact that Cryptovolans pauli (which may also be a species of Microraptor) has the same four-wing body plan suggests that all members of the family Microraptoria had similar wings. Incidentally, Senter et al 2004 find that M. zhaoianus, M. gui, and C. pauli are all the same species anyway (M. zhaoianus). --Dinoguy2 04:46, 5 November 2005 (UTC)