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Re: Hanson 2006, Mortimer, Baeker response



Ah, but they are sauropods, as you said. That's all I'm saying.

It's a category.


On Jun 12, 2006, at 8:39 AM, Mike Taylor wrote:

David Peters writes:
As in dinosaurs, in pterosaurs we've gotten to the point where very
few really strange lineages are showing up. Most, if not all, dinos
and pteros found today can be placed into existing slots.

I don't buy this, at least for dinosaurs. In the sauropods alone, you have _Tendaguria_, _Agustinia_ and at least one more as-yet unnamed taxon, none of which fit at all convincingly into any of the established clades less inclusive than Neosauropoda. I think there is _a lot_ still to be discovered -- not just minor tweaks on the taxa we know and love already, but dramatic departures.

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