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Re: PARVICURSORINAE

T. Mike Keesey wrote:
>Define Alvarezsauria as all creatures sharing more recent ancestry with
>_Alvarezsaurus_ than with [!!!](just to cover our butts)[!!!]: tyrannosaurs,
>ornithomimosaurs, troodontids, oviraptorosaurs, therizinosaurs,
>ornitholestids, dromaeosaurids, _Archaeopteryx_, enantiornithines,
>hesperornithiforms, ichthyornithiforms, and neornithines.
        Finally, someone listened!
        Notice that, according to such a definition, "Alvarezsauria" will
probably never be lost to synonomy. Not that I think it matters for this
taxon. However, I just can't wait until, say, _Troodon_ becomes a
dromaeosaur or an ornithomimisaur. Then the wacky hurly burly taxonomic
hustle will get really fun!
        
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    Jonathan R. Wagner, Dept. of Geosciences, TTU, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053
          "They cannot follow you if you are dead..." - A Shadow