Re: Dromomeron and Lagerpeton query

[Nicholas Gardner <nick.gardner@gmail.com>]

Maybe I'm mistaken, but haven't there been more than a few published
analyses which attempted to test the relationships of amniotes or at
least of all sauropsids?

Cheers,
Nick

On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 10:24 AM, David Peters wrote:
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> This is assuming the traditional "crown group Diapsida" is monophyletic,
> which has never been tested. And so we really do have to test the entire
> Amniota. Until that's done, we're looking for our keys without the
> nightlight.
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> David
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>> This, BTW, is why finding the root of the tree of life is so difficult and
>> proceeds using arguments from gene duplications and the like.
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