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Re: My Phylogeny: Growing Science...
David Marjanovic wrote-
> People knew at that time about the double-headed quadrates of oviraptorids
> and didn't make a big deal about it. So I'll give them a question mark at
> the moment.
No, people only realized oviraptorids had double-headed quadrates in 1995,
and it was first published in 1997. You often need an isolated quadrate,
which we don't have for Erlikosaurus. Thus, I don't believe anyone can tell
yet. So I agree on coding segnosaurs "?".
> When I make it simple, I end up saying "if I can see one on a photo or
> drawing, then there is an antitrochanter"; then I have to code it as I
> originally did... Maybe I could check on the mediocre-quality
*Caudipteryx*
> cast, though.
It all depends on the photo or illustration quality. With characters like
this, it's often a case of "yes it has a bump... but how large must it be to
count?". Low quality illustrations like Gallimimus or Ingenia in the
Dinosauria won't always indicate its presence.
Mickey Mortimer