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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