Message 2005-05-0013: Re: PhyloCode

Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:49:48 +0100

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:49:48 +0100
From: [unknown]
To: PML <phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Subject: Re: PhyloCode

> People would not like to have to call birds Reptilia for instance.

I agree. When I'll find the time (perhaps soon), I'll try to write a =
paper=20
on this particular case. In fact, it can be argued that, under some=
=20
interpretations of certain parts of the current draft of the PhyloCod=
e (like=20
Recommendation 10A), the use of names that have in the past belonged =
to=20
expressedly paraphyletic groups should already not happen.=20

  

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