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Re: Ornitholestes and Enantiornis



> If _Ceratops_ proves to be the same as _Avaceratops_, and _Avaceratops_
lies
> outside the Ceratopsidae, then we have a problem on our hands.  Most
likely,
> _Ceratops montanus_ is a _nomen dubium_, and will therefore be excluded
from
> any nomenclatural tangles at the generic level.

Then there's "more material from the Milk River Formation", mentioned in
Glut's Encyclopedia, which may save it from that status. Is there anything
about it in the 2nd supplement? (I've ordered a copy in July, so they should
have sent it at the publication date in October; I'm still waiting...)

> The crocodiles and their friends (Suchia) are considered in some
phylogenies
> to be members of the Pseudosuchia ("false crocodiles").

In all phylogenies that apply these names rather than Crurotarsi etc..