Re: Caenagnathiformes named 31 years ago!!

["David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> [...] Joel Cracraft named the avian Order
> Caenagnathiformes back in 1971 (in the Journal of Paleontology).  Is that
> cool or what!!?
>      Of course, it now contains a whole lot more forms, but their avian
> nature was recognized by Cracraft over 30 years ago.  So it seems my
> expansion of Aves isn't all that radical a change after all.

At that time Cracraft thought they were _Neornithes_ because they were
toothless. All that is not new in your classification is the very name
Caenagnathiformes.