RE: Saurischian pages finished

[Steven Mahon <floridamahon@yahoo.com>]

--- Brad McFeeters <archosauromorph2@hotmail.com> > -
Is there any good reason for regarding
> *Arctosaurus* as a possible 
> saurischian?

I used Justin Tweet's wonderful Thescelosaurus! that
gave me info on that critter.
He has it in Dinosauria i.s. but notes that it has
been considered a theropod & a prosauropod. So I
concluded to put where the two branches met-
Saurischia! See here-
http://personal2.stthomas.edu/jstweet/dinosauromorpha.htm
 
> - "Some paleontologists think Prosauropoda is a
> paraphyletic group (a group 
> that is missing part of the tree). But, new studies
> show that it isn't a 
> paraphyletic group, so its validity is upheld." 
> Which studies would those 
> be?  And your cladogram seems to support
> paraphyletic "prosauropods", in 
> excluding thecodontosaurids and melanorosaurids from
> Prosauropoda sensu 
> stricto.

I asked this question a while back, & got this-
http://dml.cmnh.org/2003Jul/msg00103.html

> - "Some [sauropods] grew over 100ft. long, & others
> grew over 80 ft. high!"  
> Which ones were over 80 feet high?!

You know what? I honestly don't remember where I got
that. I'll do some research!
 
> - Where did you get your definition of
> Dromaeosauridae, and why is 
> *Bambiraptor* not a dromaeosaurid?> 

I followed Mickey Mortimer's great Theropd database as
a reference especially for coelurosaurs. See here-
http://students.washington.edu/eoraptor/Home.html
he has it outside of Dromaeosauridae. Plus, i've heard
it's been described as basal, so I put two & two
together, & decided to keep it out of Dromaeosauridae.

      Sincerely,
         Steven Mahon

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