[Taxacom] Gigantoraptor, a huge "dino-bird"

[Neal Evenhuis]

At 10:29 PM +0000 6/15/07, Ken Kinman wrote:
>Dear All,
>       For those of you who haven't read about it yet, they discovered a real
>huge oviraptor fossil in China (aptly named Gigantoraptor).  Most refer to
>it as a bird-like dinosaur, but in my classification it belongs in Class
>Aves, Order Oviraptoriformes.  Its "birdiness" surprised a lot of people,
>but not to those of us who already regard oviraptors as birds.  Here's one
>of many news stories that have appeared:
>
>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19208580
>
>     ----Ken Kinman

Unfortunately, another invalid name published in Nature without 
adhering to the ICZN rules. No type depository specified (Art. 
16.4.2).

-Neal