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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:29:32 -0400 (EDT)
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To: phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu (PML), phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohio=
Subject: "Qilongia", nomenclature, taxonomy
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David's mini-lecture remains superfluous, as the distinctions =
are not=20
unknown to me, and Jon's illfated defense of "Qilongia", similarly, i=
s not=20
applicable. The fact remains that taxonomies and nomenclatural labyri=
nths remain=20
paradigms necessarily within the tasks the PhyloCode will address. Ho=
wever,=20
"Qilongia"'s lack-of-knowledge -- and, please, Jon/David, save me the=
cloud=20
chambers of useless posturing re: "Qilongia" and/or DML; we are discu=
ssing=20
science, not his vacuity -- shall be, if not "nipped in the bud", so =
to speak, a=20
genuine problem for the proposals being currently discussed (apomorph=
y-based=20
definitions, nomenclatural freedom, etc.). David's sentences -- I ca=
n almost see=20
him embracing Bob Bakker's straw-men -- are illogical: nomenclature/t=
axonomy=20
are, in a genuine sense, scientific iterations within the same plane,=
and it is=20
surprising, at least to me, that David pretends we are not discussing=
=20
nomenclature.
"Qilongia" is a charlatan, like the individual who believes th=
ere are=20
adult pterosaurs within eggs, etc. etc.
STEPHAN PICKERING / Chofetz Chayim ben-Avraham
The Dinosaur Fractals Project
2333 Portola Drive # 4
Santa Cruz, California 95062-4250 USA
stephanpickering@cs.com
website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/paleo_bio_dinosaur_ontology
theropod research summarized: <www.dinodata.net> see under PICKERING =
at their=20
Reference Base
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<BR>The Dinosaur Fractals Project
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<BR>stephanpickering@cs.com
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