Tracing the origins of an SVP urban legend...

["Jerry D. Harris" <LOKICORP@compuserve.com>]

Message text written by INTERNET:tholtz@geol.umd.edu
>Finally, a term coined at this year's SVP: autosymplesiomorphy: a
primitive
character found in only one taxon.<

        ...also revealed was Dr. Holtz's alter-ego:  he is actually
CLADO-MAN, who fights systematic injustice with the help of his utility
belt, which contains the dread NODE-STEM TRIPLET.  ;-D

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                     Jerry D. Harris
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