Re: II CLPV talk summaries: Day 2

[Michael Mortimer <mickey_mortimer111@msn.com>]

David Marjanovic wrote-

> > > Gojir[a]saurus they feel is a chimera (Ken, want to comment?), made up of
> > > theropod material and Shuvosaurus (or shuvosaur-like suchian) material.
> >
> > [...] The dorsal vertebrae have hyposphenes, so should be saurischian.
>
> Or rauisuchian, right?

Oh yeah.  Spondylosoma.

> > Surely shuvosaurids haven't developed theropod-like pubes too?
>
> If they were bipedal, perhaps we should expect them to...
>
> <shudder>

Hmm.  I do recall Chatterjeea has an oddly ornithomimid-like pelvis...

> > Sauropodomorphs from Azhendohsaurus-like basal archosaurs...
>
> Er... what has *Azendohsaurus* turned out to be?

See Jalil 2002 (SVP) and Parrish 2003 (SVPCA).

Incidentally, does this leave Chatterjee with any taxa he described as 
dinosaurs still being dinosaurian?
Technosaurus - sliesaurid.
Alwalkeria- chimaera.
Protoavis - chimaera.
Shuvosaurus - suchian.
I suppose Polarornis is unlikely to be non-dinosaurian, though its gaviiform 
nature has been questioned.

Mickey Mortimer