MONONYKUS IS NOT A PARVICURSORIN

[Tetanurae <Tetanurae@aol.com>]

George Olshevsky wrote:
<<Inclusion of _Parvicursor_ in Mononykinae makes Mononykinae a junior
subjective synonym of Parvicursorinae, which was created earlier by Karhu &
Rautian as Parvicursoridae.>>

Indeed it would *not* make Mononykinae a synonym of Parvicursorinae.  Karhu
and Rautian specifically EXCLUDE Mononykus from their definition of
Parvicursoridae/inae/ini.  You can make Parvicursorini a taxon within
Mononykinae, but you can't make it equal Mononykinae.

Peter Buchholz
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