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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 15:53:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: [unknown]
To: Mailing List - PhyloCode <phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Subject: Re: REPOST: Crowns, Panstems, and their Correspondence to ea=

--- David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at> wrote:

> > Double capitalization alone would not work, because, for example,=
 paper
> titles
> > are sometimes printed in all capitals. "A REVIEW OF THE EVOLUTION=
 OF
> > _PANARTHROPODA_" --
>=20
> Cheat. A REVIEW OF THE EVOLUTION OF PANaRTHROPODA. :-)

AGGH!!

> > > To achieve a unified system, some names, such as this one, woul=
d have to
> > > be defined differently than originally used.  The only way arou=
nd this
> > > problem would be to use affixes that had never been used before=
-ever,
> > > but this strategy isn't ideal either.
> > > <<
> > >
> > > Why not?
> >
> > You try and come up with an affix that hasn't been used before!
> > (A pronounceable one, now....)
>=20
> Phylo- and Clado- for a start ("stem", "branch"). Suboptimal, but t=
hose are
> just off the top of my head.

Like _Cladotheria_ (includes dryolestoids and therians) and ... er ..=
.
_Phyllostoma_? ... no ... hmm....
Well, you got one ... maybe....

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