Message 2001-03-0016: Re: Megalancosaurus, Longisquama & other oddballs

Tue, 20 Mar 2001 18:36:10 -0500 (EST)

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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 18:36:10 -0500 (EST)
From: NJPharris@aol.com
To: tmk@dinosauricon.com, dinosaur@usc.edu
Cc: PhyloCode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Re: Megalancosaurus, Longisquama & other oddballs

In a message dated 3/18/01 6:30:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tmk@dinosauricon.com writes:

> _Pseudosuchia_ == Clade(_Crocodylus_ <-- _Passer_, _Iguanodon_, 
> _Megalosaurus_)
>  
>  _Avemetatarsalia_ == Clade(_Passer_ + _Iguanodon_ <-- _Crocodylus_)

As has already been pointed out, Pseudosuchia should be discarded in favor of 
Crocodylotarsi.

For the sister taxon, I would recommend Ornithotarsi, which has the 
advantages of being both more consistent and less cumbersome and which is 
actually equivalent to "Avemetatarsalia", since "flat of the foot, 
metatarsus" is one meaning of Greek "tarsos".

--Nick P.

  

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