RE: Paratypothorac[...]ini was Re: Chromogisaurus novasi, new guaibasaurid (basal sauropodomorph)

[William_Parker@nps.gov]

Hi Mickey,

I am indeed guilty of using a rank-based suffix on a rankless taxon.  The
reason I did this, and it may or may not have been a good thing, was to
provide individuals who do try to place these names into Linnaean ranks the
proper syntax to do so as I thought the taxa should be ranked under the
Linnaean system.  In a way I needed to do this because the National Park
Service uses a cataloguing system that is dependent on a ranked
classification and does not allow for "clades".  Thus the names I provided
would fit both systems rather well (I so I hoped) without a need to provide
two sets of names.  So essentially Paratypothoracisini (or
Paratypothoracini) would be a tribe under the Linnaean system. It is within
Typothoracisinae (or more properly Typothoracinae) which would essentially
be a subfamily within the Family Stagonolepididae.  It was not meant to be
confusing, but instead accomodating.

Unfortunately I was misled into thinking that the proper root for -thorax
was -thoracis, hence this misformed name.

Bill

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Bill Parker
Vertebrate Paleontologist
Division of Resource Management
Petrified Forest National Park
P.O. Box 2217
1 Park Road
Petrified Forest, AZ 86028
(928) 524-6228 x262


                                                                           
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William Parker wrote-

> I have now been told by several individuals now that the name is
improperly
> formed. Unfortunately I was given bad information on how to form the name
> in the original publication. As the name is solely a clade name the ICZN
> has no bearing on the name as it has been used.

I feel the need to repeat my request (
http://theropoddatabase.blogspot.com/2010/03/asilisaurus-and-how-not-to-name-new.html
) to not "use a Linnaean rank suffix if your intent is to name a rankless
taxon".  In this case, priority isn't an issue so it's a bit different than
the Silesauridae example (in which it turned out Lewisuchidae was a nomen
nudum anyway).  But still, why use a tribe suffix if you don't mean to name
a tribe?  It just confuses matters and everyone assumes it's a tribe anyway
as seen by the attempts to correct the spelling.  Just call it
Paratypothoracia or Paratypothoraces or something.

Mickey Mortimer