Re: Thecodontia defined and saurischian Marasuchus

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

T. Michael Keesey wrote:

> Not so--_Pterosaurus_ is a hymenopteran genus. Thus, _Ornithodira_
> sensu Kischlat is roughly synonymous with _Bilateria_,
> _Pterosauromorpha_ sensu Kischlat is roughly synonymous with
> _Ecdysozoa_ or _Protostomia_, and _Dinosauromorpha_ sensu Kischlat is
> roughly synonymous with _Deuterostomia_. :)

Actually, sorry to disappoint (I really am - I thought it was hilarious 
too).  The hymenopteran genus is actually _Pterosarus_ Timberlake 1967, not 
_Pterosaurus_.  It's a genus of bee, now considered a junior synonym of 
_Protandrena_.  There's also a _Heterosarus_ and a _Melanosarus_.

AFAIK, there is no genus named _Pterosaurus_.



Tim