[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Subject Index][Author Index]

Re: New Dinosauricon Taxon Pages: _Therizinosauria_

To: david.marjanovic@gmx.at
Subject: Re: New Dinosauricon Taxon Pages: _Therizinosauria_
From: Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 18:14:43 -0500
Cc: DML <dinosaur@usc.edu>, PML <phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
In-reply-to: <008601c2c9ea$2ac8d410$0100a8c0@fujitsu>
References: <20030201063032.47838.qmail@web14206.mail.yahoo.com> <008601c2c9ea$2ac8d410$0100a8c0@fujitsu>
Reply-to: npharris@umich.edu
Sender: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu

Quoting David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>:

> So in short you argue for a unique "nomen primum" (called praenomen by Flynn
> et al.) for every species? Maybe not a bad idea. Except maybe for the flood
> of new names that will sweep over the insects. Or the plants: the genus
> *Ficus* has 800 species...

Not a horrible idea, but unnecessary where all members of a monophyletic group 
already share an exclusive praenomen.

Nick Pharris
Department of Linguistics
University of Michigan

References:
- Re: New Dinosauricon Taxon Pages: _Therizinosauria_
  - From: "Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>
- Re: New Dinosauricon Taxon Pages: _Therizinosauria_
  - From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>

Prev by Date: Re: New Dinosauricon Taxon Pages: _Therizinosauria_
Next by Date: Re: ptero and bat origins
Previous by thread: Re: New Dinosauricon Taxon Pages: _Therizinosauria_
Next by thread: Re: New Dinosauricon Taxon Pages: _Therizinosauria_
Indexes: