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Re: Protoavis

To: Multiple recipients of list <dinosaur@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu>
Subject: Re: Protoavis
From: Stan Friesen <swf@ElSegundoCA.NCR.COM>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 14:55:21 -0500
Reply-to: swf@ElSegundoCA.NCR.COM
Sender: dinosaur@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu

Oh, by the way, there is *one* way to "get rid" of the name
of Protoavis.

*If* the specimens turn out to be chimeras, then the first person
to write a detailed paper on the issue (called the "first reviser")
can decide which piece of the composite gets to hold the name
Protoavis.  *If*, in addition, one of the portions of the composite
is some organism that is already named, the first reviser could
attach the name Protoavis to that piece, thus sinking Protoavis
as a junior synonym of the already named organism.

Of course, that is alot of ifs, so in all probability the name
is going to be with us forever.

swf@elsegundoca.ncr.com         sarima@netcom.com

The peace of God be with you.