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RE: Avian Ancestors, new book on theropods
- To: "dinosaur@usc.edu" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
- Subject: RE: Avian Ancestors, new book on theropods
- From: Mickey Mortimer <mickey_mortimer111@msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:25:33 -0800
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Besides the Averaptora vs. Avialae mess, Agnolin and Novas also explicitly
redefine Eumaniraptora as (Passer < Troodon), when it is actually (Deinonychus
+ Passer) and has been universally agreed to be such since it was named in
1997. It all seems so pointless, especially since Eumaniraptora would apply to
the same taxa in their cladogram under either definition. Why bother having
phylogenetic nomenclature if you're just going to redefine names?
Mickey Mortimer