Re: Croc classification (was Re: Sarcosuchus and Dumbing things down)

["Demetrios M Vital" <vita0015@umn.edu>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Salisbury" <steve_salisbury@BIGPOND.COM>
To: "Dinolist" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 7:18 PM
Subject: Croc classification (was Re: Sarcosuchus and Dumbing things down)

> Whose 'we'?  Not me.  I'll use which ever system I think is most
> appropriate.  And for purely taxonomic purposes, the Linnean system wins
> hands down.  Phylogeny is something else.

What's the purpose of a taxonomy that doesn't reflect phylogeny?

-Demetrios Vital