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>> If these pores are retained ancestral characters that have been lost in some but retained by others, then the genus Pogona may well be polyphyletic.
Actually, in that case, it would be paraphyletic.
Interesting to see that you are objecting to taxa defined by ancestral features. Can we now expect your campaign against the continued use of "Reptilia", traditional "Elaphe", etc.?
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- Pogona - AlteredMind99, Mon Oct 18 14:46:42 2004
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RE: Pogona Storr, 1982 - WW, Wed Nov 3 07:05:33 2004
