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Re: Giant birds

To: tkeese1@gl.umbc.edu
Subject: Re: Giant birds
From: Dinogeorge@aol.com
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 13:59:22 EST
Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu
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In a message dated 11/9/99 1:33:22 PM EST, tkeese1@gl.umbc.edu writes:

<< Of course, most people use Ornithosuchia and Pseudosuchia for these taxa
 (not great names, but, IMHO, neither are Aves and Thecodontia).>>

Aves and Thecodontia at least have priority over Ornithosuchia and 
Pseudosuchia, respectively. Plus Pseudosuchia ("false crocodiles") includes 
true crocodiles.
 
<< If you call {Neornithes > _Crocodylus_} Aves, shouldn't you call
 {_Crocodylus_ > Neornithes} Crocodylia? >>

Good point; I could definitely live with that. Crocodylia has priority over 
Thecodontia, too. I was thinking in terms of crocs being derived 
thecodontians, but it's just as easy to think of the early archosaurs as 
primitive crocs.

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