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Re: The position of tyrannosaurs (was Re: Armour Symposium Recollections)

Thomas Holtz wrote-

> > Like this?
> >
> > Coelurosauria
> > |--Tyrannosauria
> > `--Maniraptoriformes
> >    |--_Coelurus_
> >    |--_Scipionyx_
> >    |--Ornithomimosauria
> >    `--Maniraptora
> >       |--+--Oviraptorosauria
> >       |  `--Therizinosauria
> >       `--+--Alvarezsauria
> >          |--Troodontidae
> >          |--Dromaeosauridae
> >          `--Aves
>
> Actually, like that, except for the paravian part of the clade, which came
> out as:
> Alvarezsauridae + (Troodontidae + (Dromaeosauridae + Avialae))

http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/2001Jan/msg00197.html
Yes! Look at that congruence!  Identical!  Woo hoo!
....... I'm done bragging now :-)

Mickey Mortimer