Re: Therizinosauroid apomorphies

["T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com>]

On Tue, 4 Apr 2000 Dinogeorge@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 4/4/00 5:57:08 PM EST, tmk@dinosauricon.com writes:
> 
> << TMK, Segnosauria has not been phylogenetically defined, whereas
>  Therizinosauria has. Thus, if using PT, Therizinosauria should be
>  preserved. >>
> 
> PT is only the latest fad in taxon definition. There is no reason it should 
> supersede priority in preservation of taxonomic names. Rather, PT should be 
> used to redefine older names that have not yet had the benefit of this kind 
> of definition.

Since Segnosauria hasn't been phylogenetically defined, there is no way to
show that it is truly a synonym of Therizinosauria, anyway. Segnosauria is
still open to phylogenetic definiton.

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