Re: Protoavis

[John Schneiderman <dino@revelation.unomaha.edu>]

On Tue, 22 Nov 1994, Scott wrote:

>   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?

Yes, the rules do allow for a name change.  Hopefully, material found 
later will show that Protoavis is actually another already named creature 
or if the Protoavis material is re-studied the author can rename his 
findings, or maybe the name "Protoavis" has already been used and that it 
has just become very obscured in the literature.  Let us hope.....

--John Schneiderman