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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.