From: dachande <dachande@west.com.br>
Reply-To: dachande@west.com.br
To: Dino Miling List <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: VERY Stupid question, but I dont know the answer...
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:19:52 -0300
Here is the question:
Its about dinosaur grouping.As all of us know there are many dinosaur
familys like tyrannosauridae, spinosauridae, dromeosauridae and many
others.My question is why is a family named after one individual from
many others of its family.For example, why couldent the family
tyrannosauridae be named daspletosauridae, daspletosaurus is from
tyrannosauridae, so why was T-rex chosen to represent the family? I know
that the characteristics of the T-rex resemble those to others of its
group, but dont the characteristics of daspletosaurus resemble those of
T-rex.
I am very confused could someone explain this to me?
Thanks for your atention!
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