All sorts of new stuff and modifications in the attempt -- so far

[idzebra-moved-to-github.git] / examples / zthes / dino.tree

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 Dinosauria     The MRCA of Saurischia and Ornithischia, and its descendants
  *** Eoraptor  The most basal known dinosaur
- Saurischia
-  Sauropodomorpha
+ Saurischia    Everything closer to Megalosaurus than to Iguanodon
+  Sauropodomorpha      Sauropods and their ancestors and close relatives
    Brontosauria
     Plateosauria
      Massospondylidae
       Yunnanosaurinae
        *** Yunnanosaurus
-    Sauropoda
+    Sauropoda  Huge, long-necked herbivores
      Eusauropoda
-      *** Jobaria
+      *** Jobaria      A surprisingly primitive Early Cretaceous form
       Neosauropoda
-       Diplodocimorpha
+       Diplodocimorpha Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, Seismosaurus and kin
        Rebbachisauridae
         Rebbachisaurinae
-         *** Rebbachisaurus
+         *** Rebbachisaurus    Had a sail on its back
        Macronaria
        Camarasauromorpha
         Titanosauriformes
          Brachiosauridae
-          *** Sauroposeidon
+          *** Sauroposeidon    The tallest known dinosaur (18m)
          Titanosauria
           Eutitanosauria
-           *** Argentinosaurus
-  Theropoda
+           *** Argentinosaurus The heaviest known dinosaur (100 tonnes)
+  Theropoda            Bipedal carnivores
    Neotheropoda
-    Ceratosauria
+    Ceratosauria       May be polyphyletic if neoceratosaurs are tenanuran
      Coelophysoidea
       Coelophysidae
        Coelophysinae
-        *** Dilophosaurus
+        *** Dilophosaurus      Had a pair of long crests on its nose
      Neoceratosauria
       *** Xenotarsosaurus
     Tetanurae
-     Spinosauria
+     Spinosauria       Large carnivores with sails on their backs
       Spinosauridae
        Spinosaurinae
        Irritatorini
-        *** Irritator
+        *** Irritator  
      Avetheropoda              aka. Neotetanurae
       Carnosauria              Previously used just to mean "large theropods"
        *** Fukuiraptor
@@ -51,68 +51,69 @@ Dinosauria  The MRCA of Saurischia and Ornithischia, and its descendants
         Arctometatarsalia
          Ornithomimosauria
           *** Harpymimus
-        Tyrannosauroidea
+        Tyrannosauroidea       Includes early form Eotyrannus
          Tyrannosauridae
           Tyrannosaurinae
-           Tyrannosaurini
+           Tyrannosaurini      Could be defined as {Tyrannosaurs+Tarbosaurus}
             *** Tyrannosaurus
        Maniraptora
-        Oviraptorosauria
+        Oviraptorosauria       Includes Caenagnathidae
          Oviraptoridae
-          *** Oviraptor
-        Therizinosauria
+          *** Oviraptor        Some specimens found brooding their nests
+        Therizinosauria        Truly freaky long-necked, huge-clawed fatsos
          Therizinosauroidea
           Therizinosauridae
            *** Nanshiungosaurus
         Paraves
          Eumaniraptora
           Deinonychosauria
-           Troodontidae
+           Troodontidae        Highest encephalisation quotient on known dinos
             *** Byronosaurus
            Dromaeosauridae
             Velociraptorinae
-             *** Velociraptor
+             *** Velociraptor  Much smaller in real life than in Jurassic Park
           Avialae
-           Aves
+           Aves                Birds, including modern birds
             Metornithes
-             Alvarezsauria
+             Alvarezsauria     Short, stong args; long, gracile legs.  Weird
               Alvarezsauridae
-               Mononykinae
+               Mononykinae     Hands had only a single, spike-like finger
                 *** Parvicursor
- Ornithischia
+ Ornithischia  Everything closer to Iguanodon than to Megalosaurus
   Genasauria
-   Thyreophora
+   Thyreophora The armoured dinosaurs, ankylosaurs and stegosaurs
     Thyreophoroidea
      Eurypoda
-      Stegosauria
+      Stegosauria      Single or double row of plates down the back
        Stegosauridae
-       *** Kentrosaurus
-      Ankylosauria
+       *** Kentrosaurus        Had spikes on its back instead of plates
+      Ankylosauria     Heavily armoured, above and below
        *** Minmi
-   Cerapoda
-    Marginocephalia
+   Cerapoda            Defined as {Triceratops+Iguanodon}
+    Marginocephalia    Defined as {Triceratops+Pachycephalosaurus}
      Ceratopsia
-      Neoceratopsia
+      Neoceratopsia    Everything closer to Triceratops than to Psittacosaurus
        *** Udanoceratops
        Coronosauria
        Ceratopsoidea
         Ceratopsomorpha
-         *** Zuniceratops
-     Pachycephalosauria
+         Ceratopsidae  {Chasmosaurinae+Centrosaurinae}
+          *** Zuniceratops
+     Pachycephalosauria        Thick-headed, wide-bodied herbivorous bipeds
       *** Wannanosaurus
-    Ornithopoda
-     *** Qantassaurus
+    Ornithopoda                The least interesting of all the dinosaur groups
+     *** Qantassaurus  A profoundly dull basal ornithopod
      Euornithopoda
       Iguanodontia
        Euiguanodontia
        Dryomorpha
         Ankylopollexia
          Styracosterna
-          *** Lurdosaurus
+          *** Lurdosaurus      Looks a lot like a fat Iguanodon
           Iguanodontoidea
            Hadrosauroidea
             Hadrosauridae
-             Euhadrosauria
-              Lambeosaurinae
+             Euhadrosauria     Lambeosaurs (crested) + Hadrosaurs (not)
+              Lambeosaurinae   The least dull of all the ornithopods
                Lambeosaurini
                 *** Corythosaurus