Re: Taxonomic levels in birds

["Nicholas J. Pharris" <pharrinj@PLU.edu>]

On Sun, 4 Feb 1996 Dinogeorge@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 96-02-04 16:49:10 EST, pharrinj@PLU.edu (Nicholas J.
> Pharris) writes:
> 
> >Class Aves
> >Superclass Avialae
> >Subphylum Maniraptora
> >Phylum Coelurosauria
> >Superphylum Avetheropoda
> >Kingdom Tetanurae
> >
> >..and so on, ad nauseam... 
> >
> >
> 
> Umm--don't you have the ranks backward here?
> 

No; I was listing them in increasing order.  I listed them that way so 
people could follow my thinking more easily.

Nick Pharris
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA 98447
(206)535-8204
PharriNJ@PLU.edu

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