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Re: Strange thoughts on PN - was Re: BAD vs. BADD



On 8/23/06, David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at> wrote:
Isn't it less useful than:

- primarily flightless dinosaurs
- primarily wingless dinosaurs
- primarily featherless dinosaurs
- Mesozoic dinosaurs
- non-neornithean dinosaurs
- extinct dinosaurs (now _that_ is paraphyletic!)

You could find more. You probably will.

Others non-monophyletic group with usefull meaning in some context: *Plant-eater dinosaurs - probably poliphyletic (if incisivosaur and segnosaurs turn out to be really herbivorous theropods). Ex: plant-eater dinosaurs could exhert a great selective pressure on mesozoic flora. *African (North-American, South-American, Chinese, Australian, etc) dinosaurs. Ex: African dinosaurs constitute a fauna quite similar to that of North America during Early Cretaceous time. *Four-legged (two-legged) dinosaurs. Ex: Four-legged dinosaurs evolved independently many times. *Female (male, young) dinosaurs. Ex: Female dinosaurs was probably choosy due to reproductive cost greater then male reproductive cost.

[]s,

Roberto Takata