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Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 14:35:44 -0500 (EST)
From: "T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com>
To: "Jonathan R. Wagner" <jonathan.r.wagner@mail.utexas.edu>
Cc: -PhyloCode Mailing List- <PhyloCode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Subject: Re: Crown clade definitions (was: Re: interesting style of definition)
On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Jonathan R. Wagner wrote:
> This is no different than defining *any* other phylogenetic taxon: you
> are always potentially incorrect about what is or is not included.
I guess what bugs me is that in this case content could change based on
something OTHER than a new understanding of topology. (Although I suppose
the same could hold true for apomorphy-based definitions....)
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