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Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 14:20:24 -0600 (MDT)
From: kinman@usa.net
To: phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: My classification of coelurosaurs
I think it was Scott who said he didn't know what I was talking abou=
t
when I said intermediate clades don't have to be formally named. =
Below is a good example, my preliminary classification of avetheropo=
ds
posted on DML this morning. Intermediate clades like avetheropods,
coelurosaurs, avialae, etc., are encoded, but not "formally" recognized i=
n my
cladisto-eclectic classifications (The Kinman System, 1994). =
***************************************
Dear All,
I decided to begin seriously constructing a cladisto-eclectic
classification of Order Saurischiformes. Below is my preliminary
classification of coelurosaurs, plus its immediate allosaurid sister grou=
p (so
it is really a classification of the avetheropod clade). =
Please note that I recognize broader families (as traditionalists te=
nd to
do). Perhaps the tyrannosaur implosion of genera will translate into a s=
light
implosion of family taxa as well (more like mine)? In any case, comments=
are
welcome.
-----Ken Kinman
Order Saurischiformes (in part)
......
4 Allosauridae (=3D Carnosauria)
5A Ornitholestidae (possibly paraphyletic)
B Compsognathidae
6 Tyrannosauridae
? Coeluridae
7 Ornithomimidae
8 Therizinosauridae
9 Caudipter(yg)idae
_a_ Oviraptoridae
10A Alvarezsauridae
B Avimimidae
11 Troodontidae
12 Dromaeosauridae (=3D Deinonychosauria)
13 Plesion _Rahonavis_
14 {{Aves}}
****************************************** NOTES: For those of you who
recognize a single clade for Therizinosauridae, Caudipteridae, and
Oviraptoridae---- you would simply change the 9 to 8B (and then renumber =
10-14
to 9-13). The capital letters indicate subclades (the main clades are
numbered in the order they split off). The coding symbol _a_ shows that=
Oviraptoridae is an exgroup from Caudipteridae. You could combine them i=
nto
an expanded holophyletic Oviraptoridae, but I wouldn't recommend this (be=
cause
it could become doubly paraphyletic if the cladograms change significantl=
y). =
Also note that I only put in one plesion, but others may be added when th=
e
classification is completed. And the {{Aves}} marker shows the cladistic=
placement of the exgroup Class Aves. Sister group "nesting" is not sacri=
ficed
as in traditional eclectic classifications. =
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