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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 21:36:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: "T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com>
To: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Cc: PhyloCode mailing list <phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Subject: Re: Nomina Conversa
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, David Marjanovic wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, David Marjanovic wrote: > > > > > > (probably a good idea, since _Chelonia_ is a genus) > > > > > > Really!?! > > > > Yes, type of _Cheloniidae_ (within _Testudines_, a.k.a. Order > > Chelonia/Testudines/Testudinata) > > Isn't that *Chelone*, judging from names like *Geochelone*? Apparently not: http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/families/Cheloniidae.html http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/reptilia/testudines/cheloniidae.html > And don't Chelonia and Testudines/-ata have different contents now > (like Ophidia and Serpentes, oe Ichthyopterygia and Ichthyosauria, > where one includes basal taxa and the second)? Perhaps, but it seems like _Chelonia_ should be reserved for the genus. _____________________________________________________________________________ T. MICHAEL KEESEY Home Page <http://dinosauricon.com/keesey> The Dinosauricon <http://dinosauricon.com> personal <keesey@bigfoot.com> --> <tmk@dinosauricon.com> Dinosauricon-related <dinosaur@dinosauricon.com> AOL Instant Messenger <Ric Blayze> ICQ <77314901> Yahoo! Messenger <Mighty Odinn>