Re: Dinosaur Genera List update #192

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/7/02 12:43:12 PM EST, Dinogeorge@aol.com writes:

<< Right. "Avian theropod" is definitely a better way of putting it, and 
that's 
 the classification I'll use for taxa I excludable from my dinosaur catalogue 
 because they are birds. >>

Actually, it's conceptually simpler to write "Aves > Ornithurae" or something 
similar in such cases. Or maybe Avialae > Ornithurae, leaving Aves to serve 
for just the modern birds, the way Linnaeus had it. Only problem is that 
Avialae may include some animals that might be called dinosaurs by the 
average man in the street.