RE: Dilophosaurus

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu>]

> From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu] 
> On Behalf Of Mike Keesey
>
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 4:49 AM, Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. 
> <tholtz@umd.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Averostra (Ceratosauria + Tetanurae)
> 
> Averostra's original definition is apomorphy-based, and, as 
> Mickey Mortimer pointed out, it's a very difficult one to apply:
> http://theropoddatabase.blogspot.com/2010/11/averostra-and-ave
poda.html
> 
> Fortunately the ceratosaur-tetanurine node already has a 
> name: Neotheropoda.
> 
> (Yes, some definitions anchor Neotheropoda on Coelophysis 
> rather than Ceratosaurus, but this is in direct conflict with 
> the original usage, which specifically excluded 
> podokesaurids, i.e., coelophysids.)

Yes, such was the original intent of each. However, both have migrated 
(crownward for Averostra, basally for Neotheropoda) into the
currently established uses, and it is almost cetainly these new incarnations 
will be the ones registered in the PhyloCode registry.
Them's the breaks...

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