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Could it be possible that the Hell Creek Microraptorian could be synonymous with Paronychodon or Richardoestesia?

This is a rare find of dinosaur remains preserved with its last meal. Of the hundreds of skeletons of carnivorous dinosaurs discovered to date, only 20 cases retained traces of their last meals. This discovery made during a visit to museum collections in China brings their number to 21. https://www.mcgill.ca/science/channels/news/other-paleo-diet-rare-discovery-dinosaur-remains-preserved-its-last-meal-344495 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2022.2144337

A few weeks ago, I ordered a Velociraptor and a Microraptor from ZOIC Palaeotech in the UK. I requested that the scribes be modified to use an exhaust diffuser in order to reduce air flow onto delicate specimens. The company is great to work with and readily answered all my questions. The time from order placement to receipt of delivery was only a week to the day! They arrived well packed in the shipping box and in a nice wooden box. When I placed the order I forgot to select US industrial for the air connector and assumed I would have to swap it out… Nope, they anticipated my need and built the tools with the correct adapter. The Velociraptor comes with an air regulator and the Microraptor uses the same hose, so swapping the tool to reduce air pressure is simple. They are pressure plate scribes (like the Aro) so, they need a bit more pressure to run than other scribes but will operate with as little as 40 psi. The maximum pressure they should run on is 60 psi. This gives a lot of variation in force for delicate specimens. The velociraptor has about as much power as one of the larger Micro Jacks and can be turned down to around the power of an MJ3. The Microraptor is significantly lighter. Running at 40 psi, I’m able to ease right up against the specimen to remove small bits of matrix. They aren’t entry model scribes and come with a price tag but they are significantly less expensive that some other comparable scribes. All in, they are great tools and well worth the investment.