RE: genus definitions (joke)

["Williams, Tim" <TiJaWi@agron.iastate.edu>]

 > ...this would render your previous suggestion ineffective. For example,
> say I  want to include _bison_ as a species inside _Bos_. But, under ICZN
> rules, _bison_ was made the type of _Bison_. So I decide not to convert
> _Bison_.  But, since _bison_ was declared a type species by a 
> preexisting code, It can't be part of _Bos_ - it just floats in _Bovini_
(or 
> _Bovina_?).


If you ask me, it's all just a load of bull.