RE: Theropod classification (link update)

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu>]

That's great! I hope that they have another update to mention that I had 
already given a phylogenetic definition for Dilophosauridae on p. 352 of Holtz 
(2012), a chapter cited throughout their work... :-)

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu] On Behalf Of Ben 
> Creisler
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 11:18 AM
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Fwd: Theropod classification (link update)
> 
> An important update! I was informed by Christophe that the pdf has been 
> updated to correct an error in Figure 5, which was cut off at
> the bottom, removing Archaeopteryx and Aves from the cladogram.
> 
> 
> Here's an updated link to the corrected pdf:
> 
> 
> http://www.palarch.nl/wp-content/Hendrickx_etal_2015_non_avian_theropods_pjvp12_11.pdf
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 12:08 PM
> Subject: Fwd: Theropod classification
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> 
> 
> Ben Creisler
> bcreisler@gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> The last message got through! Here's the full listing but with spaces 
> inserted in the url after http: (remove to access) in case the url
> was the problem.
> 
> 
> Christophe Hendrickx, Scott A. Hartman & Octávio Mateus (2015) An Overview of 
> Non-Avian Theropod Discoveries and Classification.
> PalArch’s Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 12: 1 (2015): 1-73 ISSN 
> 1567-2158
> http: 
> //www.palarch.nl/2015/08/christophe-hendrickx-scott-a-hartman-octavio-mateus-2015-an-overview-of-non-avian-theropod-
> discoveries-and-classification-palarchs-journal-of-vertebrate-palaeontology-12-1-2015/
> 
> 
> pdf:
> http: 
> //www.palarch.nl/wp-content/Hendrickx_etal_2015_non_avian_theropods_pjvp12_1.pdf
> 
> 
> 
> Theropods form a taxonomically and morphologically diverse group of dinosaurs 
> that include extant birds. Inferred relationships
> between theropod clades are complex and have changed dramatically over the 
> past thirty years with the emergence of cladistic
> techniques. Here, we present a brief historical perspective of theropod 
> discoveries and classification, as well as an overview on the
> current systematics of non-avian theropods. The first scientifically recorded 
> theropod remains dating back to the 17th and 18th
> centuries come from the Middle Jurassic of Oxfordshire and most likely belong 
> to the megalosaurid Megalosaurus. The latter was the
> first theropod genus to be named in 1824, and subsequent theropod material 
> found before 1850 can all be referred to
> megalosauroids. In the fifty years from 1856 to 1906, theropod remains were 
> reported from all continents but Antarctica. The clade
> Theropoda was erected by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1881, and in its current 
> usage corresponds to an intricate ladder-like organization
> of ‘family’ to ‘superfamily’ level clades.
> The earliest definitive theropods come from the Carnian of Argentina, and 
> coelophysoids form the first significant theropod radiation
> from the Late Triassic to their extinction in the Early Jurassic. Most 
> subsequent theropod clades such as ceratosaurs, allosauroids,
> tyrannosauroids, ornithomimosaurs, therizinosaurs, oviraptorosaurs, 
> dromaeosaurids, and troodontids persisted until the end of the
> Cretaceous, though the megalosauroid clade did not extend into the 
> Maastrichtian. Current debates are focused on the monophyly of
> deinonychosaurs, the position of dilophosaurids within coelophysoids, and 
> megaraptorans among neovenatorids. Some recent
> analyses have suggested a placement of dilophosaurids outside Coelophysoidea, 
> Megaraptora within Tyrannosauroidea, and a
> paraphyletic Deinonychosauria with troodontids placed more closely to 
> avialans than dromaeosaurids.
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> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 12:01 PM
> Subject: Blocked post for new theropod paper...
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> 
> 
> Ben Creisler
> bcreisler@gmail.com
> 
> I have tried repeatedly today to send a post the DML for a new monograph on 
> theropod classification in the open access journal
> PalArch. Every attempt has been blocked, likely by the DML spam filter for 
> some unexplained reason. I don't know what is causing the
> posts to fail--something in the title, the url, or the abstract. Before I try 
> again, has anybody received my posts?
> 
> 
> I monitored another email site and a "live" DML blog post site. My other 
> posts got through today but the new theropod paper item
> (sent multiple times as three separate messages after all other attempts 
> failed, even with Forward) has not appeared..
> 
> 
> Here's the general url.
> 
> http://www.palarch.nl/