RE: Raptors Are Not Dinosaurs? Oh, My!

["T. Michael Keesey" <mightyodinn@yahoo.com>]

--- "Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu> wrote:
> No, there is no such morphological break.  In fact, the biggest jump in the
> theropod record is between potential basal theropods (_Eoraptor_,
> Herrerasauridae) and "eutheropods" (coelophysoids plus Neotheropoda):

"Eutheropoda" hasn't been published, has it?

As an aside, Paul's _Avepoda_ would be identical in terms of known membership,
although it is apomorphy-based, and hence more inclusive in theory.

> See above.  Incidentally, at SVP there will be a poster that pins down the
> phylogenetic position of at least some of the BANDits' favored bird ancestor
> models.

Sweet! Drepanosaurids, _Longisquama_ etc. need to receive more attention as
fascinating creatures in their own right.


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