We don't do this for higher level taxa, especially unranked ones. There's no genus 'Reptilis' to give name to Reptilia, for example.Â
Thomas Yazbeck
From: dinosaur-l-request@mymaillists.usc.edu <dinosaur-l-request@mymaillists.usc.edu> on behalf of Mike Taylor <sauropoda@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2020 5:50 PM
To: Tim Williams <tijawi@gmail.com>
Cc: DML <dinosaur-l@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: [dinosaur] Do people still use Troodon?ÂOn Sun, 22 Nov 2020 at 22:46, Tim Williams <tijawi@gmail.com> wrote:
The problem is that any phylogenetic definition of Ceratopsidae must
include _Ceratops_, as the nominative (name-giving) taxon.
Says who?-- Mike.