Sinosauropteryx to be a bird. They argued that the filamentous plumes of "Sinosauropteryx" represent true feathers with a rachis and barbs, and thus that "Sinosauropteryx" should be considered a true bird. They classified the genus as belonging to a new biological order, Sinosauropterygiformes, family Sinosauropterygidae, within the subclass Sauriurae. These proposals have not been accepted, and "Sinosauropteryx" is generally classified in the family Compsognathidae, a group of small-bodied long-tailed coelurosaurian theropods known from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Asia, Europe, and South America. Below is a cladogram showing the placement of "Sinosauropteryx" within Coelurosauria by Senter "et al." in
Calamus Creek Bridge Calamus Creek Bridge The Calamus Creek Bridge near Maxwell, Iowa is a concrete Luten arch bridge that was built in 1905. At a cost of $900, it was built by N.M. Stark and Company, a firm which built several Luten arch bridges that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The Calamus Creek Bridge was listed in 1998. It has a single span and a total length of . The NRHP nomination for the bridge asserts:Before the codification of bridge design in the state in 1913, Stark built perhaps hundreds of Luten arches throughout Iowa, in exclusive