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Re: Meaning of Term, 5#
From: RaptorRKC@aol.com
> To all:
>
> What is a SUBGENUS? I heard the term used in reference to _Giraffatitan_...
A taxonomic ranks immediately below genus. It has the same relationship
to "genus" that "suborder" has to "order".
It is very rarely used, and is probably rarely justified in fossils.
[I do not use it].
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