Re: Gaia theropod follow-up: a "new" phylogeny

["ekaterina amalitzkaya" <eamalitz@hotmail.com>]

Most interesting.

So if I read it right you see a Neovenator+carcharodontosaurine clade as was 
speculated some time ago on the list. Doe this stay in you more recent 
analysis. Are the characters suggested by I think Currie as link 
carcharodontosaurs with Sinraptorids and the former with abelisaurs merely 
convergent or they were simply coded differently by you?

Further this tree seems to show no Afroventor+Spinosaurid grouping
; how did that come about?

Finally the primitive coelurosaurs seem to be quite big in size suggesting 
at least two indepdent size expnasions in coelurosuars. Does this mean they 
were radiating into niches cleared of the alloasuroids?
EA
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