tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4675540394850433221.post5797640920125451725..comments2024-03-24T00:30:26.338-07:00Comments on Waxing Paleontological: The Saurosphargid That Wasn'tZachary Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05035947146927565746noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4675540394850433221.post-19234915429339723252017-09-01T12:10:04.359-07:002017-09-01T12:10:04.359-07:00Is there a formal name for the Mesozoic marine rep...Is there a formal name for the Mesozoic marine reptile clade?Andreas Johanssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802392912541974977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4675540394850433221.post-54146756576230932472017-07-21T02:03:17.394-07:002017-07-21T02:03:17.394-07:00"If accepted, that means “Saurosphargidae” mu..."If accepted, that means “Saurosphargidae” must be abandoned as well, right?"<br /><br />No, no it does not. That's a myth started by Wilson and Upchurch (2003) who stated "the genus Titanosaurus<br />is invalid and co-ordinate suprageneric Linnean<br />taxa must likewise be abandoned" without justification from the ICZN. Indeed, you can read the ICZN and find it never states an indeterminate genus cannot have eponymous family-level taxa. Unfortunately, some in the dinosaur community have fallen for this, and used it as a rationale for changing the type or type species of e.g. Stegosaurus, Allosaurus, Diplodocus.<br /><br />Like Marjanovic says above, it all depends on whether the genus is a member of the family in question.Mickey Mortimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831823442911513851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4675540394850433221.post-70097402639289239032017-07-18T13:53:32.062-07:002017-07-18T13:53:32.062-07:00Saurosphargidae is defined as whatever family cont...Saurosphargidae is defined as whatever family contains <i>Saurosphargis</i>. Is <i>Saurosphargis</i> undiagnostic even at the "family" "level", or is it only undiagnostic at the "genus" "level" but it can still be determined which "family" it belonged to?David Marjanovićhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00233722577300632805noreply@blogger.com