RE: Therizinosauroid apomorphies

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> T. Mike Keesey
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 6:57 PM
> To: Dinogeorge@aol.com
> Cc: qilongia@yahoo.com; dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Re: Therizinosauroid apomorphies
>
>
> On Tue, 4 Apr 2000 Dinogeorge@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 4/4/00 12:23:33 PM EST, tmk@dinosauricon.com writes:
> >
> > << I believe the name for this clade is Therizinosauria, defined in The
> >  Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. >>
> >
> > The name Segnosauria certainly has priority, if nothing else,
> and should have
> > been used for this clade instead of being unnecessarily
> preempted by the new
> > name Therizinosauria.
>
> TMK, Segnosauria has not been phylogenetically defined, whereas
> Therizinosauria has. Thus, if using PT, Therizinosauria should be
> preserved.

A little quibble, "Therizinosauria" hasn't been phylogenetically defined,
"therizinosaurs" has been...:

"Therizinosaurs may be defined as the aforementioned taxa [_Alxa._,
_Enigmo._, _Erliko._, _Nanshiungo._, _Segno._, and _Therizinosaurus_ - TRH]
and all others closer to them than to oviraptorosaurs, ornithomimids, and
troodontids."  - Russell, 1997, Encyclopedia of Dinos, p. 730.

                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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