Re: "Phylogenetic Definitions and Nomenclature..."

["Jonathan R. Wagner" <znc14@TTACS.TTU.EDU>]

T. Mike Keesey wrote:
>Allosauridae == {Allosaurus > Sinraptor, Carcharodontosaurus,
>Cryolophosaurus, Monolophosaurus}
        Aaaaaah, multiple exclusive anchor taxa...

>Actually, his explicit definition is "all *allosauroids* closer to Ca. 
>than to either A., M., Cr., or S." (emphasis mine). By either definition
>of Allosauroidea, the "abelisaur hypothesis" renders Carcharodontosaurus a
>non-allosauroid. So would this turn Carcharodontosauridae into a null
>group? 
        Yeah, this is an old objection of mine. Sereno seems to be following
an old taxonomic tradition. I believe Padian et al. discuss this in their
new paper. IMHO we can just ignore the "all allosauroids" crud.
        
        Wagner
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