Re: Metaves & Coronaves

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> I remember some months ago,there was this new re-classification of
> neoavians presented,based on extensive molecular research.

It was _not_ a classification. It was a phylogenetic hypothesis plus two 
new clade names.

> My question is, is this classification still seen as realistic or even 
> likely? Or are we dealing with yet another controversial classification 
> without much likelihood of being true?

AFAIK no other phylogeny of Neornithes has so far been published. This 
would mean that, so far, nobody has confirmed or challenged those results 
-- keeping in mind that getting a paper published takes something like 
half a year if both the author and the journal are _very_ fast.

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