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Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 10:06:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: "T. Michael Keesey" <mightyodinn@yahoo.com>
To: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>, PhyloCode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Re: eumaniraptoran systematics
--- David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at> wrote: > > Using Vultur gryphus is a tribute to Linnaeus (it's the first bird in his > list). > > > > Kevin de Queiroz > > I know... but I think Linnaeus didn't mean anything specific by putting an > animal into a certain place in his lists. The book begins with *Homo > sapiens*, hardly a very typical mammal. I would see nothing wrong with using _Homo sapiens_ as a specifier for _Mammalia_, _Primates_, _Synapsida_, etc. -- we *are* the most-studied member of these clades! (And some broader ones as well.) ===== =====> T. Michael Keesey <keesey@bigfoot.com> =====> The Dinosauricon <http://dinosauricon.com> =====> BloodySteak <http://bloodysteak.com> =====> Instant Messenger <Ric Blayze> ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com