Message 2003-02-0007: Re: New Dinosauricon Taxon Pages: _Therizinosauria_

Sat, 01 Feb 2003 18:14:43 -0500

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Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 18:14:43 -0500
From: Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>
To: david.marjanovic@gmx.at
Cc: DML <dinosaur@usc.edu>, PML <phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Subject: Re: New Dinosauricon Taxon Pages: _Therizinosauria_

Quoting David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>:

>  So in short you argue for a unique "nomen primum" (called praenomen by Flynn
>  et al.) for every species? Maybe not a bad idea. Except maybe for the flood
>  of new names that will sweep over the insects. Or the plants: the genus
>  *Ficus* has 800 species...

Not a horrible idea, but unnecessary where all members of a monophyletic group
already share an exclusive praenomen.

Nick Pharris
Department of Linguistics
University of Michigan

  

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