Talk:Prosauropoda
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Why does this say that prosauropods are monophyletic? That is exactly the opposite of what Sauropodamorpha states <font: Monial>[[User:Innotata|''innotata'']]<font> <small>([[User_talk:Innotata|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Innotata|Contribs]])</small> (talk) 16:40, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"Archosauria" isn't a class, and shouldn't be represented as such. See vertebrate taxonomic hierarchy according to Benton 2004
This is a well-respected text-book (I have the 2nd edition, which has a similar but less upto date taxonomic hierarchy), and should be used as a guidline. In it, Sauropsida is the Class, Archosauria has an intermediate informal rank of Division. Is it possible to add the option of taxonomic rank: Division to the taxobox? M Alan Kazlev 00:38, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
re "cleaning up" the Technical diagnosis, in plaeontological literature you always find stuff like this. Ok i guess it can be rewritten and expanded out so every technical term gets its own phrase or sentence, but that would really make it a very long and rather dull essay. Maybe it can be converted to a point list? Anyway i'm not well up on this sort of thing; i find the technical diagnoses pretty boring, although theya re necessary in the paleontological science M Alan Kazlev 02:21, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Whoever insists on removing Anchisauridae from Prosauropoda needs to add it elsewhere; there is only a single passing reference to the genus and a link on a cladistic diagram for the family. This is far too important of genus for this. Just because ONE source removes it from Prosauropoda, does not mean this has been accepted by a majority of researchers. And if you remove it, THEN ADD IT TO WHERE YOU BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE!!! The result has orphaned BOTH the family and the genus. Also, is it really proper for the clade to link to the genus, but there be a seperate link to the famly? CFLeon (talk) 02:05, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
This article needs a total re-write. It is massively outdated, recent studies have trashed any notion of a monophyletic group, and even the "grade" idea is crumbling hard considering that Sarahsaurus comes out as a close relative of Plateosaurus in the Yates matrix, but as a basal sauropod(!) in the Upchurch et al. matrix.
I am a biomech guy, I have little knowledge and understanding of phylogeniy and taxonomy. Is there anyone knowledgeable in these areas willing to help me? HMallison (talk) 22:57, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]