Re: Rauhut's Thesis

["T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com>]

On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Mickey Mortimer wrote:

[definition of _Neotheropoda_]
> All descendents of the most recent common ancestor of Ceratosaurus and
> Neornithes (Padian et al., 1999).  Hmm.  I suppose coelophysoids and
> Dilophosaurus wouldn't be neotheropods then. Time for another name.... :-)

Yes, let's make _Eutheropoda_ for Clade(_Coelophysis_ + _Passer_)!
(dodges rotten vegetables)

In all seriousness, if Rauhut's phylogeny is true, then this would be a
useful clade to name (something else).

Incidentally, it would be interesting to see where _Sarcosaurus_ fits into
Rauhut's phylogeny.

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