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Re: Stegosaur Questions

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Subject: Re: Stegosaur Questions
From: "T. Michael Keesey" <keesey@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 09:39:00 -0800
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On 4/1/06, Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Stegosauria and Ankylosauria together make up the clade Eurypoda, meaning
> "broad feet".  Eurypods belong to the larger clade Thyreophora ("armor
> bearers"), which also includes primitive forms like _Scutellosaurus_ and
> _Scelidosaurus_.

_Scelidosaurus_ may be a basal ankylosaur (sensu lato).

Either way, it's a pretty good approximation of the eurypod ancestor.
--
Mike Keesey
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Parry & Carney: http://parryandcarney.com

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- RE: Stegosaur Questions
  - From: Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>

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