Re: Protoavis

[Joe Average <71573.2027@compuserve.com>]

>  Do the rules for naming genera and species allow Protoavis to be renamed (by
>Chatterlee? by someone else?) if it turns out that the genus is NOT an ancestor
>of modern birds? Or does the genus go through time eternal with a name that is
>a lie?

There were many responses giving examples of names that did not reflect what
is now known about the species named.  I wonder why no one pointed to the
recent finding about oviraptor?  Is there still some doubt about its presence
near
the eggs?

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