Re: The Dinosauria 2nd Ed. - Phylogenetic Taxonomy

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

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From: "Mickey Mortimer" <Mickey_Mortimer111@msn.com>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 9:10 AM

> Paraves (Passer domesticus <- Oviraptor philoceratops)

:-(

> Deinonychus antirhoppus

I hope this isn't how they spell *antirrhopus*.

> Megalosauridae (Megalosaurus bucklandi <- Spinosaurus aegyptiacus,
> Allosaurus fragilis, Passer domesticus)

Good.

> Megalosaurinae (Megalosaurus bucklandi <- Eustreptospondylus oxoniensis)
> Eustreptospondylinae (Eustreptospondylus oxoniensis <- Megalosaurus
> bucklandi)

Bad. Depending on where *Eustreptospondylus* falls, either of these names 
could include Avetheropoda, and Megalosaurinae could include Megalosauridae.

> Carnosauria (Allosaurus fragilis <- birds)

Aesthetically, I'd still prefer to get rid of the old names Carnosauria and 
Coelurosauria... well.

> Therizinosauroidea (Therizinosaurus + Beipiaosaurus)

Contradicting the traditional concept which sort of has *Alxasaurus* instead 
of *Beipiaosaurus*.

> - Nice try, but Dromaeosaurus needs to be a specifier.  When will people
> learn?!

In 200n...

> Ornithurae (Hesperornithiformes + Ichthyornithiformes + Neornithes)

That makes how many definitions of that name now? 5?

> Lithostrotia (Malawisaurus + Saltasaurus)

Hey, new name. What does it mean? Stone ...?