Re: The PhyloCode will not address the naming of species (Was The Papers That Ate Cincinnati)

[Michael Mortimer <mickey_mortimer111@msn.com>]

Tim Williams wrote-

> > What's the definition of Mirandornithes?
>
> The least inclusive clade comprising _Phoenicopterus ruber_ and_Podiceps 
> cristatus_ (node-based).
>
> In: Sangster, G. (2005).  A name for the flamingo--grebe clade. _Ibis_ 
> 147(3):612-615.
>
> (As an aside, Sangster did not include any external specifiers in this 
> definition.  However, Livezey and Zusi (2006) found no close relationship 
> between grebes and flamingoes - meaning that [under Sangster's definition] 
> Mirandornithes would be equivalent in content to Neoaves!)

Actually, Livezey and Zusi found grebes and flamingos to both be members of 
their waterbird clade Natatores inside Neoaves, though with very weak 
support.  Natatores (Baird, 1858) has a much earlier publication date than 
Mirandornithes, though no phylogenetic definition.  Nor do I know how Baird 
and later authors used the group.

Mickey Mortimer