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Diplodocoidea vs. Diplodocimorpha
Dear DMLers,
I have one more request. I am interested in the group Diplodocimorpha
as used at both the Dinosauricon and the Dinosauria On-Line websites:
http://dinosauricon.com/taxa/diplodocimorpha.html
http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/clado/diplodocimorpha.html
The Dinosauricon cites the definition {Diplodocus > Saltasaurus}, but
doesn't give a reference for it; and the Dinosauria On-Line cladogram
doesn't give a definition but has comparable content.
I'd understood that this definition was usually named Diplodocoidea,
but the Dinosauricon uses this for a diplodocimorph subclade, defined
as {Diplodocus + Dicraeosaurus}, also without a reference. This group
omits the rebbachisaurs according to prevailing phylogenies. And
again, the Dinosauria On-Line cladogram is congruent with this,
although there's no definition given.
My questions: can anyone tell me the reference for Diplodocimorpha?
And does anyone know who is responsible for the narrower node-based
definition of Diplodocoidea?
Many thanks.
(Now, no-one define Diplodociformes! :-)
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