In a message dated 7/26/2005 3:59:15 PM Pacific Standard Time,
tijawi@yahoo.com writes:
Segnosaurs even have that wondrous semilunate carpal joint in the
wrist that is diagnostic for the Maniraptora!!!
This was secondarily and independently acquired, since basal
segnosaur Alxasaurus emphatically does not have the semilunate
carpal.