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Re: Falcarius query

Zanno et al. (2009) recovered the following internal topology for
therizinosaurs.

Therizinosauria
|--Falcarius utahensis
`--+--Beipiaosaurus inexpectus
   `--+--Alxasaurus elesitaiensis
      `--+--Erliansaurus bellamanus
         `--+--Neimongosaurus yangi
            `--+--Enigmosaurus mongoliensis
               |--Erlikosaurus andrewsi
               |--Nanshiungosaurus brevispinus
               |--Nothronychus spp.
               |--Segnosaurus galbinensis
               |--Suzhousaurus megathrioides
               `--Therizinosaurus cheloniformis

"Nanshiungosaurus" bohlini was removed from the data set a priori via
safe taxonomic reduction. Eshanosaurus was not included in the matrix
TMK. If it was, it would probably be the most basal therizinosaur
(Barrett 2009).

The relationships of therizinosaurs to other coelurosaurs was recovered as such:

+--+--Compsognathidae
|  `--Tyrannosauroidea
`--+--Ornithomimosauria
   `--+--Ornitholestes hermanni
      `--+--Coelurus fragilis
         `--+--Therizinosauria
            `--+--Alvarezsauridae
               `--+--Avialae
                  `--+--Dromaeosauridae
                     `--Troodontidae


On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 6:57 AM, David Peters wrote:
> Which genus/taxon is the closest outgroup to Falcarius?
>
> David Peters
> St. Louis
>