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Re: My $.02 [nomenclatural peeve]



In a message dated 97-06-18 20:39:53 EDT, RaptorRKC@aol.com writes:

> I would have liked
>  to see some more of the sauropods, parasaurolophids

I was not previously aware that a family Parasaurolophidae had been named,
much less generally accepted.  I also thought it was odd how in the first
book the very small theropods were constantly referred to as
"procompsognathIDS".  Couldn't they do any better than a family-level
diagnosis?

NP