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Re: Brontosauria? Vote for Apatosauria!

To: DML <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: Brontosauria? Vote for Apatosauria!
From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:24:33 +0200
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It doesn't need to be. It was implicitly created when Megalosauridae was.


Oops, true.

Can a family name even be a nomen nudum?

Yes, when it doesn't come with a description. If it just turns up in a faunal list, for example.

References:
- Re: Brontosauria? Vote for Apatosauria!
  - From: Michael Mortimer <mickey_mortimer111@msn.com>

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