re: "Megapnosaurus" says farewell...

[Nick Longrich <longrich@alumni.princeton.edu>]

> 	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.