Re: Tribe endings

[pharrinj@PLU.edu]

On Wed, 10 Jan 1996, Chartier Michel wrote:

>       Tyrannosauridae (tyrannosaurids)
>       Tyrannosaurinae (tyrannosaurines)
>       Tyrannosaurini (tyrannosaurins, as Adam pointed out)
>       _Tyrannosaurus rex_

I notice one vital omission:  genus! Hence:

Tyrannosauroidea (tyrannosauroids; just put here for the sake of argument)
Tyrannosauridae (tyrannosaurids)
Tyrannosaurinae (tyrannosaurines)
Tyrannosaurini (tyrannosaurins)
Tyrannosaurina (tyrannosaurinans???)
_Tyrannosaurus_
_Tyrannosaurus (Tyrannosaurus)_ (applicable in G.S. Paul's 1988 
                        classification, but no others I am aware of)
_Tyrannosaurus (Tyrannosaurus) rex_

and even:

_Tyrannosaurus (Tyrannosaurus) rex bataar_ (as implied by Paul, among others)

> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 

     Nick Pharris
     Pacific Lutheran University
     Tacoma, WA 98447