tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4675540394850433221.post974569647646090272..comments2024-03-24T00:30:26.338-07:00Comments on Waxing Paleontological: The Secret (Fossil) Origin of the TMNTZachary Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05035947146927565746noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4675540394850433221.post-56662072343807671492015-10-11T01:54:03.934-07:002015-10-11T01:54:03.934-07:00Bever et al. did find the turtle-sauropterygian co...Bever et al. did find the turtle-sauropterygian connection in their Maximum Parsimony tree, just not in their Baysian tree. Pedantic phylogenetic nomenclature point- saying "Pan-Testudines is a sister group to the Sauropterygia" is incorrect since there are no living sauropterygians. In this phylogeny, sauropterygians would BE Pan-Testudines. Note Schoch and Sues' Maximum Parsimony results are like Bever et al.'s, but in their Bayesian analysis Eunotosaurus is down by millerettids.<br /><br />Before this post I didn't realize Eunotosaurus was so small. I had always pictured it as a meter or two long.Mickey Mortimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831823442911513851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4675540394850433221.post-14967983880188751572015-10-09T15:31:14.883-07:002015-10-09T15:31:14.883-07:00Yes; Archosauromorpha is still a separate group.Yes; Archosauromorpha is still a separate group.Zachary Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035947146927565746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4675540394850433221.post-84615491430319502982015-10-07T18:38:59.283-07:002015-10-07T18:38:59.283-07:00So this Sauropterygia + Pan-Testudines clade falls...So this Sauropterygia + Pan-Testudines clade falls within Archosauromorpha, correct?Sean McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01638487125675179642noreply@blogger.com