Re: Diplodocoidea vs. Diplodocimorpha

[Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>]

Quoting Mickey Mortimer <Mickey_Mortimer111@msn.com>:

> Diplodocoidea was named by Upchurch (1995) for his nemegtosaurid +
> dicraeosaurid + diplodocid clade...Calvo
> and Salgado (1995) continued using Diplodocoidea for the more restricted
> clade, and created Diplodocomorpha for the more inclusive clade of
> (Rayososaurus tessonei + Diplodocus longus) (modified).  I'm not sure if
> they defined both clades either (I don't have that paper), though the
> commentary in Glut (2000) suggests they at least defined Diplodocomorpha as
> (Rebbachisaurus + Diplodocidae).

Meanwhile, Harris and Dodson 2004 (the _Suuwassea_ paper) uses Diplodocoidea for
(Diplodocidae + Dicraeosauridae + Rebbachisauridae) (but cites Upchurch 1995
for the name), names Flagellicaudata for (Diplodocidae + Dicraeosauridae), and
makes no mention of Diplodocimorpha at all.

Nick Pharris
Department of Linguistics
University of Michigan