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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:17:20 -0700 (PDT)
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To: phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Cc: Kevin de Queiroz <Dequeiroz.Kevin@NMNH.SI.EDU>
Subject: Re: crown clade convention (long)
David Marjanovic wrote: <<- Neotetrapoda is not widely known. I am certain that by far most o= f those neontologists simply don't know it exists.>> to which Kevin de Queiroz (Dequeiroz.Kevin@NMNH.SI.EDU) replied: <That's exactly the problem! They're not going to use poorly known n= ames if they want people to read their papers.> Like Panaves? Pantetrapoda? Pansynapsida? Pantheropsida? Eventually someone will suggest that the absolute total-content clade better corresponds to use of the vernacular usually applied to crown groups,= and for just such a reason as that cited above. Cheers, =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Jaime A. Headden Little steps are often the hardest to take. We are too used to mak= ing leaps in the face of adversity, that a simple skip is so hard to = do. We should all learn to walk soft, walk small, see the world arou= nd us rather than zoom by it. "Innocent, unbiased observation is a myth." --- P.B. Medawar (1969) =09=09 _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com