Re: Coelurosaur Phylogeny

["T. Michael Keesey" <mightyodinn@yahoo.com>]

[cross-posted to the PhyloCode List]

--- Brad McFeeters <archosauromorph2@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >_Therizinosauria_ (well, "therezinosaurs [sic]") was defined as 
> >"_Alxasaurus_, _Enigmosaurus_, _Erlikosaurus_, _Nashiungosaurus_ [sic],
> >_Segnosaurus_, and _Therizinosaurus_ ... and all others closer to them than
> >to oviraptorosaurs, ornithomimids, and troodontids." This takes a variety of
> >possible positions into account.
> 
> Does it matter that Nanshiungosaurus was misspelled?  What happens if the 
> name "Nashiungosaurus" is later given to a non-therizinosaurian taxon?

Hmmm... the draft PhyloCode doesn't seem to have any provisions for errors in
the definition (not that this definition [from 1997] is in accord with
PhyloCode rules -- all the specifiers, internal and external, would have to be
species [with citations] or specimens).

Good question! Seems like there should be some rule about making corrections to
typographical or citation errors in the definition.

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