RE: Saltopus... a silesaurid?

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

> From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu] 
> On Behalf Of Tim Williams
> 
> Finally, one peculiar aspect of the paper is the usage of 
> ranks in the systematic treatment of _Saltopus_: 
> Infradivision Dinosauromorpha, Subinfradivision 
> Dinosauriformes, etc.  I can't see the point of these 
> quasi-Linnaean ranks at all.

Easily enough explained, given that the paper is:
> >From Benton and Walker (2011)


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