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Re: the chinese Mesozoic Aves tree
> `--+--Protopteryx fengningensis
> |--Longipteryx chaoyangensis
> |--Jibeinia luanhera
> |--Eocathayornis walkeri
> |--Boluochia zhengi
> `--Ornithothoraces
> |--Cuspirostrisornis houi
> |--Eoenantiornis buhleri
Actually... what differences are there between *Eocathayornis* and
*Eoenantiornis*? Sternum shape?
I'm pretty sure that *Cuspirostrisornis* is an avisaurid or closely
related, and that *Sinornis* is a close relative of that group.
> |--Liaoningornis longidigitus
Does look euornithine.
> | |--Yanornis martini (=Archaeovolans repatriates;
*repatriatus*.
> Archaeoraptor liaoningornis in partim)
"partim" needs no "in".
> A bit low on resolution you say? ;-)
> Well, here's what my in progress analysis has to say about Chinese
Mesozoic
> birds, based on 235 characters.
> Aves
> |--Shenzhouraptor sinensis
> `--+--Omnivoropterygidae
> | |--Jixiangornis orientalis
> | `--Omnivoropteryx sinousaorum
Slightly confusing...
> `--+--Yandangornis longicaudus
> `--Pygostylia
> |--Confuciusornithiformes
> | |--Sapeornis chaoyangensis
> | `--Confuciusornithidae
> | |--Confuciusornis spp.
> | `--Changchengornis hengdaoziensis
This is what left me so speechless that I forgot to reply. *Sapeornis* next
to Confuciusornithidae? How did this happen?
> `--+--Cuspirostrisornis houi
A very basal position.
> |--+--Liaoningornis longidigitus
> | `--Songlingornis linghensis
Similar to my analysis (62 characters). :-)
> `--+--Yixianornis grabaui
> `--+--Yanornis martini
> `--Ornithurae
Why not *Y.* and *Y.* in each other's positions?