Talk:Procolophonoid

= Nomenclature =

Procolophonid or Procolophonoid
This family is named after "Procolophon". That is because of likeness, not descent. In Greek, -like = -oid; descended = -id. (Think "Anthropoid"; versus "Atreides".) The Wikipedia misspelling has unfortunately propogated on the 'Web, but a glance at the scientific literature shows that the proper (-oid) name is still in use there.

That is why I moved it here. -- Zimriel 18:51, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
 * No, wait, the proper scientific names are

The term "Procolophonid" referring to members of the family "Procolophonidae" is scientifically correct. Check scientific sources such as papers available on-line (one example here), and other independant sources such as the taxonomicon and palaeos. You should move everything back to what it was before. Thanks. ArthurWeasley 21:51, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Order (or Suborder) Procolophonia Seeley, 1888
 * Superfamily: ProcolophOIdea Seeley, 1888
 * Family: ProcolophonIdae Seeley, 1888