Re: Use of Genera

[Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com>]

> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 11:00:40 -0800 (PST)
> From: "T. Michael Keesey" <mightyodinn@yahoo.com>
> 
> I have decided to place all non-neornithean dinosaurs in six genera:
> _Iguanodon_, _Megalosaurus_, _Hylaeosaurus_, _Cetiosaurus_,
> _Plateosaurus_, and _Archaeopteryx_. Expect to see binomina like
> _Iguanodon horridus_, _Megalosaurus rex_, _Cetiosaurus excelsus_,
> _Archaeopteryx regalis_, etc.
> [...]
> Working on the changes now; expect to see them in a few weeks. Any
> comments?

Only that it seems unnecessary to perpetuate the piffling distinction
between the genera _Cetiosaurus_ and _Plateosaurus_.

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