Talk:Alwalkeria

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Alwalkeria's phylogenetic position[edit]

Paul Sereno, in the 1990s, showed the herrarasaurids to be basal saurischians. Therefore change the classification to show that Alwalkeria is in the Herrarasauridae but is outside the Theropoda.

Alwalkeria isn't a herrerasaurid. And in any case, Sereno thinks they are theropods. More recent studies have suggested they may be basal saurischians. Read the text of the article, there is a short explanation. Sheep81 22:07, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alwalkeria, a chimera[edit]

Remes and Rauhut (2005) demonstrated that Alwalkeria is a chimera. While the dinosaurian remains represent a basal saurischian and belong to Alwalkeria, the non-dinosaurian remains belong to an unnamed crocodylomorph. Therefore, update the Alwalkeria page.

Remes, K. and Rauhut, O. W. M. 2005. The oldest Indian dinosaur Alwalkeria maleriensis Chatterjee revised: a chimera including remains of a basal saurischian; p. 218 in Kellner, A. W . A., Henriques, D .D. R. and Rodrigues, T. (eds.), II Congresso Latino-Americano de Paleontologie de Vertebrados. Boletim de Resumos. Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.194.116.63 (talk) 01:41, 12 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Which animal is the name attatched to in cases like this?Dinoguy2 03:18, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A lectotype must be chosen, otherwise the name is just a nomen vanum.--MWAK (talk) 07:30, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]