Message 2001-06-0013: Re: Nomina Conversa

Thu, 19 Apr 2001 21:36:04 -0400 (EDT)

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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.

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