Re: Avaceratops and Ceratops (was Re: THE NEW ISH OF JVP)

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/25/00 1:17:37 PM EST, twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com writes:

<< Interestingly, if _Ceratops_ is neither a chasmosaurine nor a 
centrosaurine, 
 then it may be removed from the Ceratopsidae altogether (like Wolf and 
 Kirkland did with _Zuniceratops_).  Now, that would really screw things 
 up!!! >>

You can't remove Ceratops from the family Ceratop[s]idae; the family must 
follow its type genus wherever it goes. One feasible alternative is to 
isolate Ceratops in its own subfamily Ceratopinae, different from either 
Centrosaurinae or Chasmosaurinae. Maybe Avaceratops could fit into that 
subfamily.