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More confusion at the base of the dinosaur tree

Started by Halichoeres, November 05, 2017, 08:12:02 PM

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November 05, 2017, 08:12:02 PM
This past week there were a couple of analyses published, finding weak support for the conventional grouping of Sauropodomorpha plus Theropoda to the exclusion of Ornithischia. But statistically it's not possible to firmly reject Ornithoscelida or a clade comprised of Sauropodomorpha plus Ornithischia to the exclusion of Theropoda. Here's a good write-up:

https://www.livescience.com/60837-dinosaur-family-tree-challenged.html

And the Langer et al. paper, one of the studies linked to therein: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature24011
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November 06, 2017, 01:08:18 AM
That's more like it. Now the sauropods can be related to the rest of the herbivorous dinosaurs.

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November 06, 2017, 06:03:29 AM

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