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Re: PT paper
In a message dated 3/30/99 1:46:37 PM EST, th81@umail.umd.edu writes:
<< Which is fine: if the clade uniting Neornithes and _Cetiosaurus_ is the
same
clade as that uniting Neornithes and _Triceratops_, then Dinosauria has
priority and "Eusaurischia" is a junior synonym not to be used. If,
instead, _Cetiosaurus_ is found to be closer to Neornithes than to
_Triceratops_, then Eusaurischia is a useful term. >>
(Gotta see that paper; my JVP 19(1) will likely arrive shortly after SVP
cashes my dues check, now in the mail.)
Meanwhile: ARRGH! Not Cetiosaurus! Why not Diplodocus or Shunosaurus or some
other better-known sauropod?