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Re: Serenogram



In a message dated 2/8/99 5:20:11 PM EST, th81@umail.umd.edu writes:

<< Damn good question...  By publication date of *name*, Avetheropoda is older
 by years.  By publication date of usage in a fully cladistic context,
 Avetheropoda is older by weeks.  By publication date of explicit definition,
 though, Sereno beat out the as-yet-still-in-press Padian et al. paper
 mentioned above. >>

Ahhh! "Phyletic definition wars." Think I'll sit this one out on the
sidelines. See why priority of publication of name makes most sense?