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re: "Megapnosaurus" says farewell...
No one has any business dealing with zoological nomenclature
who does not
know about these. In the case of Syntarsus Fairmaire, it appeared on
schedule in both Zoological Record and the Neave catalog. It was neither
obscure nor difficult to check on.
... on the other hand, one could argue that no one has any business
dealing with paleontological nomenclature who does not know about the
SVP member directory. The status of Raath's vital signs was neither
obscure nor difficult to check on.
In all honesty, it's my opinion that you've got a lot of
nerve, I don't see any hesitation to insult Raath's scholarship but
there's no apology or humility displayed with respect to your own far
from trivial errors in this mess, just more attacks on another's
work. You act like paleontologists are being unreasonable, yet
somehow I doubt that the entomological community would collectively
"get a sense of humor and perspective" and find it terribly clever
to, say, rename that giant, beautiful metallic blue South American
butterfly with the wonderful name _Morpho_ to
_Littlesquishythingyonthebottomofmyshoeus_.
Gotta go with George- let's take _Coelophysis_ and sink this
ugly-ass name.