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Re: Yi
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- Subject: Re: Yi
- From: Tim Williams <tijawi@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 16:38:17 +1000
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Ronald Orenstein wrote:
> It's hardly a dinosaur, but there is a fish genus called Lo (eg Lo vulpinus=).
There's several other genera with two-letter genus names: _Ia_ (bat),
_Zu_ (fish), _Ea_ (bug), _Ja_ (beetle), and _Ba_ and _Io_ (both
snails).
I think _Yi_ might be the first fossil genus with two letters... but
I'm not at all certain of that.
Cheers
Tim