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Re: Coelurosaurian Synapomorphies

Steven Mahon wrote-

> I'm planning to do a better (much) Coelurosauria
> analysis. But, I need the the synapomorphies for the
> following clades:

Then you better get searching through the literature.  Which clade a
character diagnoses is largely dependent on the specific analysis.  For
instance, an opisthopubic pelvis was found to be a maniraptoran synapomorphy
by Gauthier (1986), but in my analysis, it would be a synapomorphy of
Metornithes, Therizinosauroidea and deinonychosaurs more derived than
Ornitholestes.

> Tyrannoraptora

http://www.cmnh.org/dinoarch/2001Jul/msg00242.html

> Ornithomimoidea (sensu Sereno)

http://www.cmnh.org/dinoarch/2003Jan/msg00160.html

Mickey Mortimer