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Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 23:09:05 -0600
From: "Jonathan R. Wagner" <jonathan.r.wagner@mail.utexas.edu>
To: Kevin de Queiroz <Dequeiroz.Kevin@NMNH.SI.EDU>, tmk@dinosauricon.com, PhyloCode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Re: remaining jobs before implementation of PhyloCode
For what it is worth, perhaps Biota should to the crown clade of life on
earth, in keeping with other crown definitions. The corresponding total
group (however it might possibly be defined... _Homo sapiens_ > smectite?)
could be termed Innominata, or Panbiota, or any one of a number of clever
names. To continue being clever, Eubacteria and Archaea certainly are clades
if we chose to associate these names with explicit, unrestricted
phylogenetic definitions. :)
On the other hand, is it really productive, at this stage and in this
forum, to discuss definitions of established taxon names?
Wagner
Jonathan R. Wagner
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Austin, TX 78759