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Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 10:53:23 -0400
From: Scott Redhead <redheads@EM.AGR.CA>
To: phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Re: My classification of coelurosaurs
It is difficult to take seriously comments like that posted by Ken Kinman, =
who cannot seem to recall who it was that questioned his intermediate =
clades (it was not me). Mr. Kinman also completely misses the point I was =
making about subscribers who are so narrowly focussed that their points of =
view do not apply to a discussion about the generation of a new code.
>From what I can see, Mr. Kinman (please correct me if I am wrong), is =
using this listsever to advertise his classifications. I have no idea what =
his classifications are based upon. I have no idea where his data is =
published (perhaps he can supply a few references?). I can find no recent =
reference cited in Biosis by him. Perhaps it is all in the chemistry =
literature. I confirmed that he was a coeditor of the book on mammals in =
1982. Now he seems to have published a new book, "The Kinman System: =
Toward a Stable Cladisto-Eclectic Classification of Organisms (Living and =
Extinct; 48 Phyla, 269 Classes, 1,719 Orders)". I cannot help but notice =
he named a classification system after himself. Now he wants to post his =
classification here on the PhyloCode listserver. Why should anyone take =
this seriously?
When I visited his web site, <http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/5074/>=
I find heated rhetoric. It is embarrassing to read. After =
reading it I decided to lower my opinion of such comments unless backed up =
by some published facts. Maybe he has good points. But voicing them as he =
does, he is definitely losing credibility in my eyes.
It is difficult to take seriously discussions on a code that is suposed to =
completely change the way the entire world is supposed to refer to living =
individuals when I read about personal classifications.
My scepticism is becoming cynicism.
Scott R.
>>> <kinman@usa.net> 05/16 4:20 PM >>>
I think it was Scott who said he didn't know what I was talking about
when I said intermediate clades don't have to be formally named. =20
Below is a good example, my preliminary classification of avetheropods=
posted on DML this morning. Intermediate clades like avetheropods,
coelurosaurs, avialae, etc., are encoded, but not "formally" recognized in =
my
cladisto-eclectic classifications (The Kinman System, 1994). =20
***************************************
Dear All,
I decided to begin seriously constructing a cladisto-eclectic
classification of Order Saurischiformes. Below is my preliminary
classification of coelurosaurs, plus its immediate allosaurid sister group =
(so
it is really a classification of the avetheropod clade).=20
Please note that I recognize broader families (as traditionalists =
tend to
do). Perhaps the tyrannosaur implosion of genera will translate into a =
slight
implosion of family taxa as well (more like mine)? In any case, comments =
are
welcome.
-----Ken Kinman
Order Saurischiformes (in part)
......
4 Allosauridae (=3D Carnosauria)
5A Ornitholestidae (possibly paraphyletic)
B Compsognathidae
6 Tyrannosauridae
? Coeluridae
7 Ornithomimidae
8 Therizinosauridae
9 Caudipter(yg)idae
_a_ Oviraptoridae
10A Alvarezsauridae
B Avimimidae
11 Troodontidae
12 Dromaeosauridae (=3D Deinonychosauria)
13 Plesion _Rahonavis_
14 {{Aves}}
****************************************** NOTES: For those of you who
recognize a single clade for Therizinosauridae, Caudipteridae, and
Oviraptoridae---- you would simply change the 9 to 8B (and then renumber =
10-14
to 9-13). The capital letters indicate subclades (the main clades are
numbered in the order they split off). The coding symbol _a_ shows that
Oviraptoridae is an exgroup from Caudipteridae. You could combine them =
into
an expanded holophyletic Oviraptoridae, but I wouldn't recommend this =
(because
it could become doubly paraphyletic if the cladograms change significantly)=
.=20
Also note that I only put in one plesion, but others may be added when the
classification is completed. And the {{Aves}} marker shows the cladistic
placement of the exgroup Class Aves. Sister group "nesting" is not =
sacrificed
as in traditional eclectic classifications. =20
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