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Re: Status of _Caudipteryx_

To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: Status of _Caudipteryx_
From: Dinogeorge@aol.com
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 20:24:29 EST
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In a message dated 12/28/00 8:02:41 PM EST, tmk@dinosauricon.com writes:

<< Caudipteridae is definitely wrong; if there's any choice, it would be
 between Caudipterygidae (as in Archaeopterygidae) or Caudipterychidae (as
 in Baryonychidae). I'm pretty certain the former would be the correct one. >>


Caudipterygidae is etymologically correct, but under current rules 
Caudipteridae has to stick; see article 29.4 of the 4th edition of the ICZN. 
As I recall, the family name was created in 2000 (that is, after 1999).

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