Re: Pterosaurs and ABSRD (sensu Williams)

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

On Mon, 21 May 2001 Dinogeorge@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 5/21/01 4:23:10 PM EST, twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com writes:
>
> << Believe it or not, there is at least one DML contributor who believes that
>  birds and pterosaurs are indeed sister taxa!  (It isn't me.) >>
>
> They are sister taxa, only there are a few taxa (e.g., some prolacertiforms,
> all dinosaurs) in each lineage in addition to the pterosaurs and birds.

By the same caveat, any two clades are sister taxa....

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