Dinocarids

["Ken Kinman" <kinman@hotmail.com>]

    Collins named Class Dinocarida for anomalocarids back in 1996.   I 
wonder if he was trying to tap into the public's fascination with dinosaurs 
by choosing that name?  I naturally prefer my own Class Anomalocarea Kinman, 
1994, which includes Order Opabiniida as well as Order Anomalocarida.
    Anyway, I am currently trying to falsify two alternative hypotheses 
concerning Opabinia (that 5-eyed conundrum), namely that it is a "form 
genus", either an immature (larval) Anomalocarid or a dwarf male 
Anomalocarid.  I think these are real possibilities that apparently have not 
yet been considered.
    In any case, I wonder if the Dinocarid name will catch on or not?
                 Cheers, Ken
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