[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Subject Index][Author Index]

Re: What are these dinosaurs? 2: Return of What are these dinosaurs?

To: Mickey Mortimer <mickey_mortimer@email.msn.com>
Subject: Re: What are these dinosaurs? 2: Return of What are these dinosaurs?
From: christian farrell kammerer <cfkammer@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 09:28:47 -0600 (CST)
Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu
In-reply-to: <0dce620270111b9CPIMSSMTPU08@email.msn.com>
Reply-to: cfkammer@midway.uchicago.edu
Sender: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu

Dinosaurus is not just a junior synonym of Plateosaurus, it is actually a
therapsid (named by Fischer de Waldheim, 1847 for Rhopalodon murchisoni,
Fischer de Waldheim, 1845). The dinosaurian "Dinosaurus" is thus
preoccupied by the therapsid, so it can never be used for a dinosaur
anyway. Both Dinosaurusare very, very deep within the realm of nomen dubium 
(although recently
at least one therapsid worker has lumped Phthinosuchus in under Dinosaurus
[eep!]), and the best course is to forget this name completely.

Sincerely,
Christian Kammerer

Follow-Ups:
- Re: What are these dinosaurs? 2: Return of What are these dinosaurs?
  - From: "T. Mike Keesey" <tkeese1@gl.umbc.edu>
- Re: What are these dinosaurs? 2: Return of What are these dinosaurs?
  - From: "Martin Barnett" <martin.barnett3@virgin.net>

References:
- What are these dinosaurs? 2: Return of What are these dinosaurs?
  - From: "Mickey Mortimer" <mickey_mortimer@email.msn.com>

Prev by Date: Re: Unified Cladistics
Next by Date: Re: An extinction contributer?
Previous by thread: What are these dinosaurs? 2: Return of What are these dinosaurs?
Next by thread: Re: What are these dinosaurs? 2: Return of What are these dinosaurs?
Indexes: