Re: Crown groups

[jonathan.r.wagner@mail.utexas.edu]

Keesey wrote:
> So, why not have the same option in phylogenetic taxonomy? Panstem Clade
> _Synapsida_, Crown Clade _Mammalia_, Stem Clade _Saurischia_, Node Clade
> _Dinosauria_, Apomorphy Clade _Avialae_, etc. 

Yeah, but that kindof misses the point, which is that you can tell WHICH taxon
for which the "pan-" name is the total group: e.g., Panmammalia is the total
group of Mammalia. I don't see anything in your proposal that serves this
purpose. So then why even bother?

That's not to say this isn't an interesting idea in its own right...

:)

Jon