Re: muddying the waters?? (!!)

["T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com>]

On Mon, 7 Aug 2000 NJPharris@aol.com wrote:

> I would submit that adding "-formes", at least, does not qualify as an
> emendation, because you are actually adding a morpheme (unit of
> meaning).

And furthermore, if he did decide to make Dinosauria an order,
Dinosauriformes is already the name of a more inclusive taxon.

Rodentiformes is also a previously used name, for the clade including
_Tribosphenomys_ and Rodentia.

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