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Re: Megalancosaurus, Longisquama & other oddballs



"T. Mike Keesey" wrote:
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> 
> While I'm at it, can anyone think of any objections to these definitions?:
> 
> _Pseudosuchia_ == Clade(_Crocodylus_ <-- _Passer_, _Iguanodon_, 
> _Megalosaurus_)

It seems a pity not to take the opportunity of a new code to abandon
those names which have become slightly nonsensical, of which this must
be the shining example: "false crocodiles" seems the wrong way to name a
clade based on _Crocodylus_.  Stability of nomenclature isn't all good,
all the time.

cheers
Stephen