Re: Ornitholestes and Enantiornis

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

On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, David Marjanovic wrote:

> > The crocodiles and their friends (Suchia) are considered in some phylogenies
> > to be members of the Pseudosuchia ("false crocodiles").
>
> In all phylogenies that apply these names rather than Crurotarsi etc..

_Crurotarsi_ is node-based. I think _Crocodylotarsi_ is the alternate name
for _Pseudosuchia_ (stem-based).

At any rate, a name that has a misleading meaning doesn't bug me nearly
as much as a name that doesn't include its own eponym. There are so many
taxonomic names with faulty meanings (_Basilosaurus_, _Proceratosaurus_
... _Dinosauria_ itself) that it would be counterproductive (not to
mention often subjective) to eliminate them. But _Enantiornithes_ should
be guaranteed to include _Enantiornis_, dammit!

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