Talk:Caudipteryx

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The linked site is very nice but states that the bodyfeathers are "downy". This is simply incorrect - or at best ambiguous.

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[edit] Caudipteridae

Caudipteridae is the correct spelling for this family. Yes, it SHOULD be Caudipterygidae, but the authors (Zhou & Wang, 2000) did not form the name properly. I know that in some similar situations (like Ceratopia being used in place of Ceratopsia) people have gone ahead and ignored the original spelling or revised it themselves, but as Caudipteridae is a family-level taxon, it is goverened by ICZN priority rules and cannot be changed.Dinoguy2 14:21, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Correction- this would not apply to a situation like Ceratopsidae/Ceratopidae, since Article 29.4 only applies to family names formed after 1999.Dinoguy2 14:33, 10 April 2006 (UTC)