Re: Question(s) about Cladistics and PhyloCode

[mike@miketaylor.org.uk (Mike Taylor)]

>>> This is Sereno's definition, which uses a node-based definition of
>>> Aves anchored on _Archaeopteryx_ and _Passer_.
>> 
>> For what it's worth, I believe that this definition of Aves is due
>> to Luis Chippe:
>> 
>>         Chiappe, L. M.  1992.  Enantiornithine (Aves)
>>         tarsometatarsi and the avian affinities of the Late
>>         Cretaceous Avisauridae.  Journal of Vertebrate
>>         Paleontology.  12: 344-350.
> 
> That's not listed in TaxonSearch:
> http://taxonsearch.org/dev/taxon_edit.php?Action=View&tax_id=43
> Either Sereno et al. overlooked it or it doesn't actually specify a
> definition.

>From page 348:

        Aves is here considered to include the common ancestor of
        _Archaeopteryx_ and modern birds plus all its descendants.

Looks pretty darned solid to me.

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