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RE: justification for excluding lagerpetids and/or pterosaurs from a phylogenetic analysis of the Archosauria

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Subject: RE: justification for excluding lagerpetids and/or pterosaurs from a phylogenetic analysis of the Archosauria
From: Michael Mortimer <mickey_mortimer111@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:49:56 -0800
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David Peters wrote-

> Perhaps not quite alone:
>
>>From the JVP abstracts of 2008: A SUPERTREE APPROACH TO PROLACERTIFORM 
>>PHYLOGENY by SOBRAL, Gabriela, USP, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil; LANGER, Max, USP, 
>>Ribeirao Preto, Brazil "the majority consensus tree shows a paraphyletic 
>>Prolacertiformes with two major clades: the “Avicephala” clade includes, 
>>among others, drepanosaurids, Longisquama, Sharovipteryx, and Pterosauria."

This study is worthless (except for historical interest), since supertrees 
aren't useful for evaluating phylogenetic hypotheses.  When people will learn 
that, I don't know...
 
Mickey Mortimer

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