Re: Coelurosaur phylogeny

["Nick Gardner" <ratites637@hotmail.com>]

Mickey Mortimer wrote:
> My analysis says-
> |--Tyrannosauroidea
> |--Proceratosaurus
> `--+--Ornitholestes
>    |--Compsognathus
>    |--Sinosauropteryx
>    `--+--Enigmosauria (incl. Protarchaeopteryx)
>       `--*--Arctometatarsalia (incl. Alvarezsauridae, Avimimus, 
> >Archaeornithoides)
>          `--Maniraptora (incl. Troodontidae, Deinonychosauria)
> * = Maniraptoriformes (includes both Arctometatarsalia and Maniraptora)

1.  Have you tried to run NGMC 2124 as a separate OTU following HP 
Longrich's SVP presentation?
2.  What characters united _Protarchaeopteryx_ with the "Enigmosauria"?
3.  How did you get _Avimimus_ and _Archaeornithoides_ to fall in with the 
arctometatarsalians (which I presume is the ornithomimosaurs)?
4.  It's a shame you didn't find that troodontids and deinonychosaurs fell 
out below the "enigmosaurs" with _Archaeopteryx_ and _Rahonavis_ more basal. 
:-)
5.  What taxa are you using as your outgroup?


Nick Gardner
Paleoartist
AIM Eoraptor22

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