ALVAREZSAUR SUBCLADES (AGAIN)

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In the text of figure 4, Chiappe et al state: 

Mononykinae is phylogenetically defined as the common ancestor of Mononykus,
Shuvuuia, and Parvicursor, plus all their descendants.

So ya.......  Parvicursor is a mononykine...  mononykus, is of course, not a
parvicursorid because it was explicetly excluded in that family's definition.

Peter Buchholz
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