Re: Sapeornis and other Mesozoic Birds

[Roberto Takata <rmtakata@gmail.com>]

On 9/13/06, T. Michael Keesey <keesey@gmail.com> wrote:
> Since the PhyloCode requires citations to be provided with species
> names, no change would be necessary. There is a proposal in the works
> for simple "bookkeeping"-type emendations, although one would not be
> needed in this case.

It could be provided citations to apomorphies too.

> (And, actually, V. gryphus can't be preoccupied by anything, since
> it's in Linnaeus 1758!)

(Mononychus was preoccupied by a beetle...)

I know it was just a discussion about principles - since not all
specifiers to be used in the PhyloCode definitions will be from
Linnaeus. And there will be cases of nomina nuda, reticulated
speciation, and so on.

I was not saying that PhyloCode will not have any utility - I agree
that it will be very useful. Just that - and it is an old argument -
that the intended stabilization is a kind of chimera.

[]s,

Roberto Takata