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Re: Diplodocoidea vs. Diplodocimorpha
Mike Taylor rote-
> Thanks, Mickey, this is really helpful. (BTW., I assume that
> "DiplodocOmorpha" here and elsewhere in your message is a typo for
> "DiplodocImorpha"?)
Yeah.... heh heh... that's what I get for replying right after I woke up.
> Hunt et al. stated that similar cranial features
> shared by diplodocids and dicraeosaurids may suggest
> that these two groups together make up a monophyletic
> "superfamily" Diplodocoidea.
>
> So I think that's the reference for that name:
>
> Hunt, A. P., M. G. Lockley, S. G. Lucas and
> C. A. Meyer. 1994. The global sauropod fossil
> record. Gaia 10:261-279.
I noticed that too, which is odd because Wilson (2002) and others use
Upchurch (1995) as the reference for Diplodocoidea. I can check Hunt et al.
at the library sometime to see if they use the term.
Mickey Mortimer