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Re: FEATHERS FOR T-REX?
On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 NJPharris@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 2/26/02 6:51:13 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> david.marjanovic@gmx.at writes:
>
>
> > That chance
> > is probably smaller for Carnosauria, but at least it's defined so that
> > *Allosaurus*, _the_ carnosaur, always is a carnosaur; though I do think
> > Allosauroidea or even Allosauria look better.
>
> Carnosauria stem-based, Allosauroidea node-based. What's the problem?
What if _Allosauria_ were defined along the lines of Clade(_Allosaurus_
<-- _Vultur_, _Torvosaurus_, _Spinosaurus_, _Megalosaurus_), such that it
would be a junior heterodefinitional synonym of _Carnosauria_ under most
phylogenies, but a potentially useful clade under phylogenies where
_Carnosauria_ is more expansive, like Rauhut's?
Eh...
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