Re: Re: GIVING CERATOSAURS THE BOOT

[Thomas_R_HOLTZ@umail.umd.edu (th81)]

>> Actually, the chances aren't too bad.  I would have know problem if
>> Neoceratosauria were found to be closer to Tetanurae than to Coelophysoidea.
>
>Whoa, hold on.  You just sent me a post saying that the Coelophysidae 
>were firmly within the Ceratosauria.  The above 
>((Tetanurae+Neoceratosauria) + Coelophysoidea) is EXACTLY what I meant to 
>suggest.

Well, the coelophysoids are CURRENTLY firmly in Ceratosauria.  However, I'd
have know (sic) problem of seeing them closer to tetanurines (it makes for a
prettier phylogeny).   Unfortunately, the data are not there for this.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist
Dept. of Geology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD  20742
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