Turner, A.H.; Makovicky, P.J.; Norell, M.A.
taxonomy · topology · range · morphology · biogeography · methods
Systematic specimen review and large morphology matrix for Dromaeosauridae and Paraves, with uncertainty and unstable placements documented.
Dromaeosauridae is represented by Turner and colleagues’ specimen review and large paravian morphology matrix; recovered subclades and unstable taxa are analysis results, not a resolved ancestor chain or exact global duration.
claim:taxon:dromaeosauridaeDromaeosauridae is displayed at 167–66 Ma only as the review's sampled Jurassic–Cretaceous envelope, not exact global family endpoints. The interval is a source-bounded sample window, not a global FAD, LAD, divergence date, continuous occupancy claim or direct-ancestor assertion.
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