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remaining taxa show no negative correlation between them, but there are still distinct blocks of positive correlation corresponding to 1) Tyrannosaurus + Yutyrannus , 2) the ornithomimosaurs (minus Nqwebasaurus ), and 3) the rest of the taxa. The 3D MDS results (Fig. 43) show the two alvarezsaurids and Erlikosaurus as separate from the rest of the taxa and each other. The remaining taxa fall into three groups, ornithomimosaurs on one end, the tyrannosauroids Tyrannosaurus and Yutyrannus (spaced far from each other) on the other end, and the rest of the taxa in the middle cluster. We determined to remove the alvarezsaurids and Erlikosaurus to better understand the relationships between the remaining taxa. The final subset analysis (226 characters, 19 taxa, 0.25 TRC) of Lee et al. (2014) contained non-maniraptoran coelurosaurs, Falcarius , and Haplocheirus . The BDC results (Fig. 44) show two major blocks of positive correlation. All of the ornithomimosaurs share positive correlation with each other, and they share either negative correlation or no correlation with the other taxa in the analysis. Tyrannosaurus , Yutyrannus , and Nqwebasaurus each share no correlation with any other taxa, except for Tyrannosaurus and Yutyrannus sharing some negative correlation with the ornithomimids. The remaining taxa show some evidence of shared positive correlation, but certain taxa like the “basal” therizinosaur Falcarius and the “basal” alvarezsauroid Haplocheirus have very few connections to the other taxa in the analysis. The MDS results (Fig. 45) show a separate ornithomimosaur cluster, and Tyrannosaurus and Yutyrannus are far removed from all of the other taxa, too. The remaining central cluster shows gaps between smaller sub-clusters, which matches the loose positive correlation visible in the BDC. We did analyze these taxa separately, and the results are in the Appendix (Figs 70-71). 3. Zanno (2010) Results Analysis of the Zanno (2010) dataset at a 0.4 TRC resulted in the McLain et al. ◀ Feathered dinosaurs reconsidered ▶ 2018 ICC 487 Figure 26. BDC results of the Ornithomimosauria + Alvarezsauroidea + “basal” Coelurosauria subset of the Brusatte et al. (2014) dataset. Black squares indicate significant positive correlation, whereas open circles indicate significant negative correlation. Figure 27. MDS results for the Ornithomimosauria + Alvarezsauroidea + “basal” Coelurosauria subset of the Brusatte et al. (2014) dataset. Colors: green – Alvarezsauroidea; blue – Ornithomimosauria; brown – “basal” Coelurosauria. Figure 28. BDC results of the Ornithomimosauria + “basal” Coelurosauria subset of the Brusatte et al. (2014) dataset. Black squares indicate significant positive correlation, whereas open circles indicate significant negative correlation. Figure 29. MDS results of the Ornithomimosauria + “basal” Coelurosauria subset of the Brusatte et al. (2014) dataset. Colors: green – Alvarezsauroidea; blue – Ornithomimosauria; brown – “basal” Coelurosauria; purple – Tyrannosauroidea. Patagonykuspuertai Shuvuuiadeserti Mononykusolecranus Haplocheirus Zuolong Sinocalliopteryx Sinosauropteryxprima Juravenator starki Huaxiagnathusorientalis Compsognathus longipes Guanlong Dilongparadoxus Tanycolagreus Ornitholesteshermanni Coelurus fragilis Nqwebasaurus Ornithomimusedmonticus Gallimimusbullatus Sinornithomimus Struthiomimusaltus Shenzhousaurusorientalis Garudimimusbrevipes Harpymimusokladnikovi Beishanlong Pelecanimimuspolydon Archaeornithomimusasiaticus