Talk:Lambeosauridae

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Wouldn't this be better if it redirected to Lambeosaurinae, our actual article on lambeosaurs? Abyssal (talk) 16:37, 18 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Yeah, 'twould make sense. J. Spencer (talk) 22:11, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Except that Lambeosauridae is a synonym of Hadrosauridae, not Lambeosaurinae. Right now all our redirects go to their synonyms, not what people probably meant. Should this change? MMartyniuk (talk) 01:26, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * But... Lambeosauridae isn't a synonym of Hadrosauridae, it's a synonym of Lambeosaurinae. While yes it retroactively existed from the time Parks coined Lambeosaurinae, it was only ever used seriously by Horner when he was pushing for a diphyletic "Hadrosauridae," under which scheme the traditional Hadrosaurinae became Hadrosauridae (and was descended from Iguanodon) and the traditional Lambeosaurinae became Lambeosauridae (and was descended from Ouranosaurus).  Thus, Lambeosauridae, in its only meaningful episode of usage, and per the intent of that usage, is an upranked Lambeosaurinae. J. Spencer (talk) 03:23, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Good point, in that case I guess it is better redirected to inae since it's more a reclassification of the same clade. MMartyniuk (talk) 03:29, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Oops! We don't have an active Lambeosaurinae at this time, either. J. Spencer (talk) 23:59, 19 October 2010 (UTC)