Message 2003-05-0001: Re: Coelurosaur Phylogeny

Mon, 05 May 2003 11:10:04 -0700 (PDT)

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Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 11:10:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: "T. Michael Keesey" <mightyodinn@yahoo.com>
To: Mailing List - Dinosaur <dinosaur@usc.edu>, Mailing List - PhyloCode <PhyloCode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Subject: Re: Coelurosaur Phylogeny

[cross-posted to the PhyloCode List]

--- Brad McFeeters <archosauromorph2@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  >_Therizinosauria_ (well, "therezinosaurs [sic]") was defined as
>  >"_Alxasaurus_, _Enigmosaurus_, _Erlikosaurus_, _Nashiungosaurus_ [sic],
>  >_Segnosaurus_, and _Therizinosaurus_ ... and all others closer to them than
>  >to oviraptorosaurs, ornithomimids, and troodontids." This takes a 
>variety of
>  >possible positions into account.
>
>  Does it matter that Nanshiungosaurus was misspelled?  What happens if the
>  name "Nashiungosaurus" is later given to a non-therizinosaurian taxon?

Hmmm... the draft PhyloCode doesn't seem to have any provisions for errors in
the definition (not that this definition [from 1997] is in accord with
PhyloCode rules -- all the specifiers, internal and external, would have to be
species [with citations] or specimens).

Good question! Seems like there should be some rule about making 
corrections to
typographical or citation errors in the definition.

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