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Re: The PhyloCode will not address the naming of species (Was The Papers That Ate Cincinnati)


>Dinosauria has been everything from a suborder (original designation)
>to a class. But why would the mere fact that his sort of thing goes on
>a lot excuse it?

Why would the mere fact that it goes on, condemn it?

It doesn't. What condemns it is that it's meaningless.

if you say "monotreme"/"monotrema", I know you're talking about a mammal that lays eggs rather than having live birth.

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