Re: Rank taxonomy (was Re: Cladism (akin to masochism))

[jpoling@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jeff Poling)]

> From: jpoling@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jeff Poling)
> > 
> > >        4               Theropoda               2
> > >        5               Saurapodamorpha         2
> > >        6               Tetanurae               4
> > >        7               Coelurosauria           6
> >                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > 
> >     Anybody wanna guess why _the Dinosauria_ lists no species for the
> > Coelurosauria except those that are Theropoda incertae sedis?
> > Am I missing a clade somewhere?
>
>I forget, where does it place Ornitholestes and Compsognathus?
>They belong more or less directly under Coelurosauria.

   They are listed as Theropoda incertae sedis.

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