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Fossil species
In a message dated 2/4/02 7:09:11 PM, dinoland@lycos.com writes:
<< >Too bad there is no real scientific method for determining what belongs to
>a genus.
Certainly. Every Linnaean rank above species, as mentioned in a previous
post, is completely arbitrary and based on the observer. >>
I don't really see *fossil* species as being much, if any, less arbitrary
than genera.
Caitlin R. Kiernan