Re: phylogenetic position of Achillobator, Yandangornis, etc.

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/16/00 9:23:07 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
mickey_mortimer@email.msn.com writes:

>      The most basal coelurosaur is Deltadromeus, followed by the
>  tyrannosaurs.  I used Dryptosaurus, Stokesosaurus, Siamotyrannus, 

I imagine you could get some weird results here, as Siamotyrannus is unlikely 
to be a coelurosaur at all.


>  A surprising result is that
>  Shanshanosaurus comes out as the sister group to all coelurosaurs besides
>  Deltadromeus and tyrannosaurs.  

Perhaps a result of size-related characters?


>  (What are Shanshanosaurus,

Primitive tyrannosaur sounds pretty good to me.

>  Bagaraatan, Yandangornis, Achillobator, Avimimus, etc), and some that
>  haven't but probably should (What is Archaeornithoides? Does no one else
>  care?!).

Of course I care; I just don't know.  Weird-ass troodont?  Best I can do.

--Nick P.