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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 18:44:00 -0500 (EST)
From: "T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com>
To: -Dinosaur Mailing List- <dinosaur@usc.edu>, -PhyloCode Mailing List- <PhyloCode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Subject: Re: Megalancosaurus, Longisquama & other oddballs
On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 NJPharris@aol.com wrote:
> > _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.
Whoops! Meant to do that.
> 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".
I like it, but ... should PhyloCode establish new names when previous ones
are available?
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