Re: Smith et al.'s (2007) Cryolophosaurus analysis is untrustworthy due to a lack of coding

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

>  Er... great! We might want to adjust the language though, which is
>  fun for an editorial or blog post, but not so great for a
>  professional paper. ;)

That goes without saying. :-)

>  Also turns out the narrow prespinal fossa might have been taken from
>  Tykoski's (2005) matrix, though he only used Sereno and Arcucci's
>  (1994) paper to code Marasuchus from, which does not describe or
>  illustrate that character...

That happens on occasion.

>  Thanks for the attempted cite!

I did manage to cite you in an earlier paper, IIRC.

Doesn't help you much, though, because the DML archives lack an impact 
factor.

>  There are six outgroups (Marasuchus, Silesaurus, Herrerasaurus,
>  Saturnalia, Plateosaurus and Eoraptor) and multiple states to the
>  sacral number character. Thus the character wouldn't be useless, as
>  there are multiple taxa coded as having 3 sacrals, 4-5 sacrals,
>  etc..

Ah, good.

>  Well, the extreme condition in Marasuchus is autapomorphic, but the
>  generally broad blade is plesiomorphic and found in plenty of other
>  included taxa.

I see.