Ornithothoraces
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Ornithothoraces sensu Sereno 1998, "bird chests"
Ornithothoraces is a phylogenetically defined node-based taxon delineated as the common ancestor of Sinornis santensis and Neornithes and all its descendants. In other words, after Sereno (1998, 1999a) it is the node which brackets Enantiornithes + Euornithes (=Neornithes).
References:
- Sereno, P. 1998. A rationale for phylogenetic definitions, with application to the higher-level taxonomy of Dinosauria. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie 210: 41-83.
- Sereno, P. 1999a. The evolution of dinosaurs. Science 284: 2137-2147.
