Talk:Cladistic classification of Sarcopterygii

Authorships in classification
There is actually no requirement to list authorships following taxon names. This convention only applies to the level of family and below (as per the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature). That said, there's value in citing the concept for a given taxon, as is done here. The trouble is, the normal convention for citing authorships is to provide authorships in parentheses only when the name has undergone a change; in contrast, if the name is the same as originally formed, the authorship is not to be given in parentheses. So, the fact that all authorships are here given in parentheses could be confusing - in fact, parentheses are meaningless in the sense I've described, since there is no such thing as priority or really even authorship for taxa above the family level. Therefore, since the "authorships" here serve only as references to the works in which these taxa were proposed, they should ideally be formatted the same way as any other reference, and listed at the end of the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SKMonckton (talk • contribs) 17:14, 2 December 2017 (UTC)