Re: Maniraptoriformes

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/12/00 0:54:55 AM EST, tmk@dinosauricon.com writes:

<< True, but hardly a valid reason to oust a well-established taxon name. >>

Prevailing usage is a powerful argument, but one must start somewhere. Of 
course, with >so many< theropod clades to be named, there's room not only for 
a Coelurosauria and a Coeluria, but also for a Coelurosauriformes, 
Coelurosauromorpha, Coeluromorpha, Coeluriformes, ...

I don't believe Marsh considered Compsognathus and Coelurus to be 
particularly closely related; he had Compsognathus pretty far removed from 
the other theropods, as I recall.