Re: Coelurosauria Cladogram is here!

["Mickey Mortimer" <Mickey_Mortimer11@msn.com>]

T. Mike Keesey wrote-

> The spacing was messed up in the original post (does your e-mail program
> use a monospace font, Mickey?)

Damn it.  No, I don't use a monospace font (if you mean a font like text
files have...).  Not sure how to in e-mail.

> (BTW, if you're using this system for text-based cladograms, placing more
> derived taxa toward the bottom makes it more legible, IMHO, avoiding the
> "Menorah effect". e.g, this:

Let's try again....

+--Tyrannosauroidea
 |--lots of basal coelurosaurs (compsognathids, Coelurus, Ornitholestes,
Scipionyx, etc.)
 `--+--+--+--Ornithomimosauria
      |     |    `--+--Alvarezsauridae
      |     |         `--Avimimus
      |     `--+--+--Segnosauria
      |          |     `--Protarchaeopteryx
      |          `--+--Caudipteryx zoui
      |               `--+--Caudipteryx? sp.
      |                    `--+--Microvenator
      |                         `--Oviraptorosauria sensu stricto
      `--+--Bagaraatan
           `--+--Deinonychosauria (incl. Sinornithosaurus, Bambiraptor,
Achillobator)
                `--+--Troodontidae
                     `--+--Microraptor
                          `--+--Archaeopteryx
                               `--+--+--Rahonavis
                                    |     `--Unenlagia
                                    `--+--Yandangornis
                                         `--Pygostylia

Mickey Mortimer