tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248412803814730250.post1986536832897184087..comments2024-03-17T01:48:59.504-07:00Comments on The Theropod Database Blog: Qiliania a confuciusornithid?Mickey Mortimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08831823442911513851noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248412803814730250.post-46015136118820301372011-07-27T17:19:17.940-07:002011-07-27T17:19:17.940-07:00Shanweiniao's one of my least favorite names t...Shanweiniao's one of my least favorite names to remember, heh. It would be interesting to know the answer as to why the two taxa were excluded.<br /><br />As for the Mystiornis matrix, thanks to Kurochkin and Zelenkov, I now have a copy. I haven't yet checked the reason it makes such an odd tree though.Mickey Mortimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831823442911513851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248412803814730250.post-14665289919788374342011-07-27T05:18:49.309-07:002011-07-27T05:18:49.309-07:00It's Shanweiniao. Niǎo = "bird".
Sh...It's <i>Shanwein<b>i</b>ao</i>. Niǎo = "bird".<br /><br />Should I drop Jingmai an e-mail?<br /><br /><i>With </i>Anchiornis<i> being in a polytomy with this clade and more derived birds, this suggests a systematic coding error by the authors for their added taxa, which can unfortunately not be confirmed since the matrix was not published.</i><br /><br />WTF!David Marjanovićnoreply@blogger.com