[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Subject Index][Author Index]
Re: SVP Preview
In a message dated 9/27/02 4:17:03 PM EST, mightyodinn@yahoo.com writes:
<< Incidentally, "-oidea" is not unique to superfamilies. There are orders
(Hyracoidea), infraorders (Anthropoidea) and subclasses (Echinoidea,
Asteroidea, Crinoidea, etc.) which use the suffix as well, and maybe other
ranks as well. AFAIK, when Sereno defined _Spinosauroidea_ he did not specify
that it was of a specific rank. Therefore, there would be no grounds for
saying
it is the same as Megalosauroidea, a superfamily name with no precise
definition. >>
Those should all be changed to -oidia. There are mistakes and misusages all
over the place.