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Re: Yet even more questions (and I'm sure there'll be more...)
In a message dated 6/23/02 1:20:27 AM EST, fam.jansma@worldonline.nl writes
(quoting Jaime Headden):
<< "(...) well I think that it's time to
re-evaluated the sistematic position of Heterodontosaurids as basal
Ornithopods, infact, there're evidence for which Heterodontosaurids must be
considered Marginocephalians..." >>
You might want to look at
Olshevsky, G. & Ford, T. L., 1994. "The Origin and Evolution of the
Heterodontosaurians," Kyoryugaku Saizensen [Dino-Frontline] 8: 74â97
[illustrations by T. L. Ford; in Japanese].
Most of the characters that Jaime lists are noted therein. The article
explains why heterodontosaurians make reasonably good basal marginocephalians
rather than ornithopods. This thesis goes back at least to Albert Santa
Luca's description of Heterodontosaurus and was also picked up on by Zhao
Xijin in his infamous 1983 Acta Pal Polonica paper with all those nomina nuda.