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I wrote-
At most, sometimes they're the sister group to
Aves, but my most recent phylogenies (with Microraptor added) place dromaeosaurs
above them and troodontids (which are the outgroup to Aves if
alvarezsaurs are closest).
Hmm. Rewording the sentence also deleted an
important part. Should read:
At most, sometimes they're the sister group to
Aves, but my most recent phylogenies (with Microraptor added) place dromaeosaurs
above them and troodontids (which are the next outgroup to
Aves if alvarezsaurs are closest).
In other words, it's either (Dromaeosauridae
(Troodontidae (Alvarezsauridae + Aves))) or (Troodontidae (Alvarezsauridae
(Dromaeosauridae + Aves))).
Mickey Mortimer
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