Table 4. Comparison of the number of total characters, number of characters pertaining to cranial data, and number of phylogenetically informative characters for Allosauroidea among present and prior analyses illustrated in Figure 33.
Total Characters | Cranial Characters (% of Total Dataset) | Characters Informative for Allosauroidea | |
Present Analysis | 177 | 103 (58.2%) | 136 |
Brusatte and Sereno [22] | 99 | 59 (59.6%) | 99 |
Holtz et al. [12] | 638 | 272 (42.6%) | 185 |
Chure [19] | 112 | 50 (44.6%) | 57 |
Smith et al. [13] | 347 | 141 (40.6%) | 108 |
Coria and Currie [36] | 110 | 42 (38.2%) | 66 |
Novas et al. [39] | 108 | ? | ? |
Brusatte et al. [37] | 106 | 67 (63.2%) | 106 |
Benson [10] | 213 | 100 (46.9%) | 101 |
Benson et al. [42] | 233 | 102 (43.8%) | 113 |
Supplemental information for Novas et al. [39], containing the data matrix used in the analysis, was not accessible from the online source provided by the publication.