FAQs on Priority of Names

[Mike Taylor <mike@tecc.co.uk>]

There's no stopping me now -- I just don't learn, do I?  :-)  In a
burst of enthusiasm, I have written two more (much shorter and
simpler) FAQs:

Why is ``Brontosaurus'' now called _Apatosaurus_?
(http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/dino/faq/s-class/bronto/index.html)
        and
So why hasn't _Tyrannosaurus_ been renamed Manospondylus?
http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/dino/faq/s-class/priority/index.html

As always, I welcome feedback -- particularly clarification on this
point: According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1997, 2:547), ``in
1974 the name Brontosaurus was formally discarded''.  Really?  By
whom?  Why?  Wasn't it already formally invalid?

Thanks as always,

 _/|_    _______________________________________________________________
/o ) \/  Mike Taylor | <mike@miketaylor.org.uk> | www.miketaylor.org.uk
)_v__/\  "The cladistic defintion of Aves is: an unimportant offshoot
         of the much cooler dinosaur family which somehow managed to
         survive the K/T boundry intact" -- Eric Lurio.


P.S.  I hope someone out there is actually finding the FAQ useful.
I'm living for the day when someone pops up on the list, asks a
question, and is told ``Go read the FAQ''  :-)