Re: "Cetiformes" and Dinosauriformes

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

Ken Kinman wrote-

>      Even though I am more of a lumper than a splitter (in general), in
this
> case, I felt that there was a definite possibility that whales could be
> polyphyletic (diphyletic).

LOL
That comment introduced some much needed laughter into my day Ken.
Polyphyletic cetaceans?!  No wonder you question the monophyly of dinosaurs,
segnosaurs, troodontids, etc..  If you aren't nearly certain Cetacea is
monophyletic, there's no hope.  I can virtually assure you all
mammalogists/phylogeneticists think Cetacea is monophyletic.
Polyphyletic cetaceans..... :-D

Mickey Mortimer