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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 10/05/2007 : 15:21:46
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The family tree of Caecilians, salamanders, frogs and toads is being completely revised, in what "represents the largest analysis of its kind of any group of vertebrate animals," according to a brief LiveScience article. This must be a huge undertaking. (Hell, I must admit I hadn't even known Caecilians existed, except for those Mafia guys!)| The new taxonomy names 33 new groups and 2 new families, and includes dozens of new groupings among amphibians. |
Here's the broad view of the proposed new taxonomy:
I've shrunk this one to better fit our page format.
For those who like detail (Filthy), the huge, more detailed taxonomy is here:
This one I've enlarged, then sharpened, to allow the text to be read more easily.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
Edited by - HalfMooner on 10/05/2007 16:21:52
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 10/05/2007 : 15:36:28 [Permalink]
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Thanks 'mooner! I knew this study was going on but haven't had an update in quite a while. I'll have to make a couple of calls.
It's actually long overdue. Since DNA testing became common, most of the attention over the years has been devoted to reptiles.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2007 : 15:41:01 [Permalink]
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You're most welcome, Fil. Now, I expect your article soon, about how and where they have blundered.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 10/05/2007 : 16:56:05 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
You're most welcome, Fil. Now, I expect your article soon, about how and where they have blundered.
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Heh, these guys are the big guns. Unlike my mistakes, theirs are important, so they don't make very many. But I would surely love to catch them in one.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Complete amphibian taxonomy being revised
