Re: Postorbital processes (& weighting??)

["T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com>]

On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, David Marjanovic wrote:

> Aves LINNE [sic] 1758                                {*Archaeopteryx* + 
> Neornithes}
>   *Archaeopteryx* MEYER 1861                {*A. lithographica* > Neornithes}

Ack! By some phylogenies this would mandate that _Unenlagia comahuensis_
and _Rahonavis ostromi_ be placed in _Archaeopteryx_! And in fact ... by
Greg Paul's phylogeny, this would make _Archaeopteryx_ a senior
heterodefinitional synonym of _Deinonychosauria_!!

>   Ornithurae HAECKEL 1866                        {Neornithes > 
> *Archaeopteryx*}

Wasn't this already defined as Clade(_Neornithes_ + _Hesperornis_)?
I would like a name for Clade(_Passer domesticus_ <-- _Archaeopteryx
lithographica_), but I dunno if _Ornithurae_ is the right one ... (unless
Feduccia et al. are right, of course ;)

>       Enantiornithes WALKER 1981                {*Sinornis* > Neornithes}

Why on Earth did he anchor it on _Sinornis_ and not on the eponymous
_Enantiornis_?

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