[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Subject Index][Author Index]
Re: CROCODYLOMORPH ENDOTHERMY
In a message dated 96-01-26 20:34:08 EST, pharrinj@PLU.edu (Nicholas J.
Pharris) writes:
>Sorry for the mixup. I was talking about the clade Ornithosuchia
>(proposed to include Euparkeria, Ornithosuchidae, and Ornithodira). Is
>this not widely accepted these days?
In my phylogeny (based on Parrish 1993), this clade is congruent to
Archosauria sensu stricto: essentially all archosaurs above the
proterosuchian-erythrosuchian grade. Parrish sets Ornithosuchidae off the
lineage to Ornithodira, which basically becomes the sister-group to
Crurotarsi.