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Re: Revised Ornithischian Classification



In a message dated 8/18/01 11:03:56 PM EST, kinman@hotmail.com writes:

<< George,
      My Ankylosauridae (sensu lato) includes Scelidosaurinae, Minmi, 
 Nodosaurinae, and Polacanthinae.  Likewise Stegosauridae includes 
 Huayangosaurinae. >>

Well, I guess that answers my question. Perhaps you should put the 
subfamilies into your chart (Ankylosaurinae, too), just to make sure everyone 
knows what's going on.

You might want to include a Scutellosaurinae in Ankylosauridae sensu lato, 
too. The scutes of Scutellosaurus are tiny but otherwise strikingly similar 
to those of ankylosaurids sensu stricto, and it's merely a very basal 
ankylosaurid that doesn't warrant a family of its own.