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Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:18:23 -0400
From: Philip Cantino <cantino@ohiou.edu>
To: PhyloCode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Vermes
>
>Philip Cantino wrote:
>
> > If I interpret correctly what Mike is saying, I think both of his
> > suggestions are already covered by Recommendation 10A. The first
> > sentence of Rec. 10A ("Clade names should be selected in such a way
> > as to minimize disruption of current usage") addresses Mike's concern
> > about conversions that drastically change membership. The rest of
> > 10A recommends the use of a preexisting name for the clade to be
> > named rather than adopting (with expanded membership) a preexisting
> > name of a paraphyletic group stemming from the same ancestor as the
> > clade to be named. I think this is the same thing that Mike is
> > suggesting.
>
Mike Keesey wrote:
>Whoops! You're correct. I've read the code through a couple times, but
>apparently that wasn't enough....
>
>Anyway, wouldn't this recommendation probably go against the "cladization"
>of _Reptilia_ and _Osteichthyes_? And wouldn't it definitely advocate
>usage of _Theropsida_ and _Neotheropsida_ over _Synapsida_ and
>_Therapsida_ (respectively)?
>
As a botanist, I don't know vertebrate taxonomy and nomenclature well
enough to answer this question (and I have to confess that I haven't
tried to follow the details of the recent discussion between Mike
Keesey and David Marjanovic about alternative names for various
vertebrate clades). There are other subscribers to this listserv who
are familiar with both the PhyloCode and vertebrate taxonomy and who
would therefore be in a better position to answer Mike's question.
Phil
Philip D. Cantino
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