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Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 20:28:51 -0500 (EST)
From: "T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com>
To: -PhyloCode Mailing List- <PhyloCode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Subject: Re: remaining jobs before implementation of PhyloCode
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, T. Mike Keesey wrote: > On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Philip Cantino wrote: > > > The most time-consuming job that remains to be done before the > > PhyloCode is implemented is preparation of the companion volume with > > phylogenetic definitions of widely used names. > > Would it be a good idea to start discussion on that matter here? Or might > that get too specialized? Okay, regardless of whether it's a good idea, I want to try and start a discussion on this, starting at the highest levels. What should be the definitions for these clades? _Biota_ (apomorphy-based?) _Eubacteria_ (is this a clade?) _Archaea_ (is this?) _Eukaryota_ _Plantae_ _Fungi_ _Animalia_ Have these been defined in the literature anywhere? How should they be adapted to PhyloCode rules? (e.g., Should our own species be an internal specifier for _Animalia_?) Should these names be used? What other clades should be named at the approximate "level" of these ones? _____________________________________________________________________________ T. MICHAEL KEESEY The Dinosauricon <http://dinosauricon.com> BloodySteak <http://www.bloodysteak.com> personal <keesey@bigfoot.com> --> <tmk@dinosauricon.com> Dinosauricon-related <dinosaur@dinosauricon.com> AOL Instant Messenger <Ric Blayze> ICQ <77314901> Yahoo! Messenger <Mighty Odinn>