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Re: Questions
---Steven Mahon wrote:
My taxa are the following:
Allosaurus (outgroup), Compsognathus, Ornitholestes,
Sinosauropteryx, Coelurus, Tyrannosaurus,
Albertosaurus, Eotyrannus,
Which species of Albertosaurus?
Pelecanimimus,
Ornithomimus
You might want to include other ornithomimids, or perhaps an Ornithomimidae
OTU, instead of just Ornithomimus.
, Alvarezsaurus, Mononykus,
Consider using Shuvuuia, it's better preserved than Mononykus.
Oviraptor,
Caudipteryx, Khaan, Avimimus,
You should include more oviraptorids than just Khaan and Oviraptor,
especially since the latter is only a partial skull. Perhaps include
Citipati osmolskae, Citipati sp. (GI 100/42), and maybe Lü's new oviraptorid
(Ingenia sp.).
Therizinosaurus,
Alxasaurus, Beiaposaurus,
Probably need more therizinosaurids as T. is rather fragmentary, you might
want to make a Therizinosauridae OTU and use codings from all known
therizinosaurids in order to code it.
Sinovenator,
Saurornithoides, Troodon,
You should probably have Byronosaurus and Sinornithoides in there too.
Deinonychus, Velociraptor,
You might want to add Dromaeosaurus.
Archaeopteryx, Confuciousornis, Chirostenotes,
Elmisaurus, Sinornithosaurus, & Passer.
You might want to use Neornithes (living birds), instead of just Passer.
You may want more basal birds, if not, how about Ornithothoraces
(enantiornithines and euornithines)?
About your questions. It's better asking what taxa the characters are known
in, rather than what clade, because different analyses will say different
things.
Nick Gardner
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