Re: Diplodocoidea vs. Diplodocimorpha

["Mickey Mortimer" <Mickey_Mortimer111@msn.com>]

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