Ankylosauria and Scelidosaurus

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

 > Given that Scelidosaurus is now falling out lately in cladistic
 > analyses with ankylosaurs, is Ankylosauria defined in such a way that
 > precludes Scelidosaurus from inclusion or would it be  a part of
 > Ankylosauria as well? I'm not aware of what definitions have been
 > applied to Ankylosauria thus far.

See the Taxon Search page at
http://www.taxonsearch.org/dev/taxon_edit.php?Action=View&tax_id=23

Sereno 2005 defined Ankylosauria as (_Ankylosaurus magniventris_ not
_Stegosaurus stenops_), which is identical to the earlier definitions
of Carpenter (1997) and Sereno (1998) as (_Ankylosaurus_ not
_Stegosaurus_).

Taxon Search is almost excellent, despite a tendency to cite Sereno's
own most recent definition as the definitive one for most clades :-)
It has this important advantage over the PhyloCode's registeration
database: that it exists.

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