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Re: Fwd: Adios, "Brachiosaurus" brancai
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Paul P <turtlecroc@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 11/09/2009, John Wilkins <john.s.wilkins@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Arguing over genera is like arguing over how
>> best to put books on a shelf.
>
> There are many good ways to put books on a shelf, but there
> is only one true taxonomy. We'll never know exactly what
> it is, but that's beside the point.
There's one true *phylogeny*. Taxonomy is a human construct which is
often, but not necessarily always, based on phylogeny.
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