Tribe endings

[chartiem@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Chartier Michel)]

> 
> I have. The paleoanthropologists use the term "hominin" to describe a 
> member of the tribe Hominini (you know those bipedal primates that used 
> to have a family all of their own). If this is correct then I guess the 
> terms we are looking for (as horrible as they might sound) are Albertosaurin 
> and Tyrranosaurin. 
> 
> Adam Yates 
> 
Adam is on the right track. The use of this taxonomic category is also
fairly common in classifications of fossil primates and, I would say,
mammals in general. I personally don't like this taxonomic level because
of the confusion it can stir up (as this thread has revealed), but I try
to live with it. To sum it up, here is what a classification of 
_Tyrannosaurus rex_ would look like if we were using the tribe level,
starting from the family level on to the species (this is based on
Dinogeorge's scheme):
        Tyrannosauridae (tyrannosaurids)
        Tyrannosaurinae (tyrannosaurines)
        Tyrannosaurini (tyrannosaurins, as Adam pointed out)
        _Tyrannosaurus rex_

We could even add the category subtribe, in which case _T. rex_ would
be a member of subtribe Tyrannosaurina (don't ask me what the common
pronunciation is on that one, although I'm sure it would be as awful
as "tyrannosaurin"; usually at this level, however, workers stick with
the formal pronunciation).

Michel Chartier