Re: Coelurosaur phylogeny

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

What happens when I think: 
 
> And <think, think> including Archie & friends is not a lot less  
> arbitrary than including Archie, 
 
What did I want to say... ah yeah: including Scansoriopterygidae is not a 
lot more arbitrary than including Archie & buddies, because the branch 
length (unrooted tree!) 
 
,------------------------+--*Archaeopteryx* 
|                        `--+--*Rahonavis* 
|                           `--*Shenzhouraptor* 
`------------------------+--*Sapeornis* 
                         `--+--*Yandangornis* 
                            `--Pygostylia 
 
might be impressive, with e. g. "enigmosaurs" and/or dromies in between, 
and I won't find that out without a whole coelurosaur analysis. 
 
(Not exactly a reliable result, but, probably because the tail of 
*Sapeornis* is unknown except for the pygostyle, the tail end of 
*Yandangornis* is unknown, *Yandangornis* has a reduced fibula while 
*Sapeornis* does not, the latter comes out more basal.) 
 
> I've added *Microraptor* (again a merger of the 2 
> species) but not run that analysis yet. 
 
Of course I'll run it with and without *M.*, to see if something changes. 
 
> >    `--+--Enigmosauria (incl. Protarchaeopteryx)  
>   
> Interestingly basal. 
 
Enigmosauria as a whole, not *Protarchaeopteryx* :-) 

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