Re: The Dinosauria 2nd Ed. - Phylogenetic Taxonomy

[Phil Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com>]

On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:10:34 -0800 Mickey Mortimer
<Mickey_Mortimer111@msn.com> writes:
> One of the great things about this book is the emphasis on cladistics 
> and
> phylogenetic taxonomy.  Each taxonomic chapter provides 
> phylogenetic
> definitions, some of which are new. 
<snip>
> Benton
> Dinosauria (Triceratops + Neornithes)


I believe that definition is from Padian and May (1994).

It's strange to see such a late date associated with that definition.  I
would have thought that it would bear a  (Gauthier, 1986) attribution. 
Why did it take so long to define the clade?

<pb>
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