RE: Pterosaur origins

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

I wrote:

> _Coelurus_ and _Tanycolagreus_ form a clade (Coeluridae) at the base of the 
> Tyrannosauroidea.

(from Senter's paper)

Under this topology, would Coeluroidea have priority over Tyrannosauroidea 
as the least inclusive clade which includes _Coelurus_ and _Tyrannosaurus_?  
Coeluridae was named by Marsh (1881), and Tyrannosauridae was named by 
Osborn (1906), and both Coeluroidea and Tyrannosauroidea are coordinated 
taxa.

Cheers

Tim

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