Re: New Genus for Archaeopteryx

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/28/01 12:18:27 PM EST, dinogami@hotmail.com writes:

<< The Solnhofen (Sixth) specimen of _Archaeopteryx_ is assigned to 
 _Wellnhoferia grandis_ gen. et sp. n. on the basis of qualitative, 
 size-independent autapomorphies. >>

I hope somebody checked this generic name for preoccupation!

I think this makes >every< specimen ever assigned to Archaeopteryx the type 
specimen of some species or other (e.g., Pterodactylus crassipes)--although 
perhaps the latest specimen to be discovered has not yet been.