Re: BCF (was New Article in Experimental Zoology)

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/24/02 5:16:33 AM EST, john_conway@mac.com writes:

<< I am curious, what definitions do you use for birds and dinosaurs? 
 _Archaeopteryx_ + Neornithes (for Aves) and _Triceratops_ + Neornithes 
 (for dinosaurs), or something else? >>

I call the stem group birds Ornithes: the clade of all archosaurs closer to 
modern birds than to modern crocs; and the crown group birds Aves: the clade 
of all modern birds, including their most recent common ancestor and all its 
descendants. I guess others might call this Neornithes. Ornithes includes all 
the dinosaurs as well as all modern birds, paleobirds (e.g., Archaeopteryx, 
Enantiornithes), and dino-birds.