[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Subject Index][Author Index]

Re: Prosauropod cladistics

>What would be needed to provide the existence of one of these clades?
>
>1. sauropodomorph-ornithischian clade
>
>2. theropod-ornithischian clade

A more parsimonious distribution of characters than that which supports the
sauropodomorph-theropod clade.

                                
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.                                   
tholtz@geochange.er.usgs.gov
Vertebrate Paleontologist in Exile                  Phone:      703-648-5280
U.S. Geological Survey                                FAX:      703-648-5420
Branch of Paleontology & Stratigraphy
MS 970 National Center
Reston, VA  22092
U.S.A.