Re: Brachytrachelopan mesai [was Short-necked dinosaur challenges accepted theory]

[Mickey Mortimer <Mickey_Mortimer111@msn.com>]

Tim Williams wrote-

> Interestingly, the cladogram shows _Amphicoelias_ as a basal diplodocoid -
> more basal than _Suuwassea_, rebbachisaurids and dicraeosaurids (like
> _Brachytrachelopan_).  This must be based on new and undescribed material
of
> _Amphicoelias_.

Also interesting- Cetiosauriscus and Losillasaurus are omeisaurids.
Haplocanthosaurus and Jobaria are basal to neosauropods.
Amazonsaurus and Tehuelchesaurus are basal titanosauriformes.
Dinhierosaurus is a diplodocine.

Mickey Mortimer
Undergraduate, Earth and Space Sciences
University of Washington
The Theropod Database - http://students.washington.edu/eoraptor/Home.html