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Mixosauria →
Mixosauridae – Mixosauria is a junior synonym of Mixosauridae. (
Moon, 2017;
Maisch & Matzke, 2000) Recent phylogenies have favored the older name Mixosauridae, (
Ji et al., 2016; Moon, 2017) as have studies on mixosaurids, using "mixosaurian" only as an informal term with less frequency. (Some examples:
[1],
[2],
[3],
[4],
[5])
Maisch (2010) is therefore rather unusual in using Mixosauria to refer to Wimanius + Mixosauridae, and no justification is given for this change in definition. Wimanius itself is a poorly known taxon (
Yin et al., 2021) whose mixosaurian status is by no means certain, and is often recovered as a merriamosaur nowadays. (i.e. Moon, 2017;
Pardo-Pérez, et al., 2020) Therefore, it seems that the title for this article should be Mixosauridae, rather than Mixosauria. --
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Mixosauridae is part of WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles, an effort to make Wikipedia a standardized, informative, comprehensive and easy-to-use resource for
amphibians and
reptiles. If you would like to participate, you can choose to edit this article, or visit the
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The following is a closed discussion of a
requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a
move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Mixosauria →
Mixosauridae – Mixosauria is a junior synonym of Mixosauridae. (
Moon, 2017;
Maisch & Matzke, 2000) Recent phylogenies have favored the older name Mixosauridae, (
Ji et al., 2016; Moon, 2017) as have studies on mixosaurids, using "mixosaurian" only as an informal term with less frequency. (Some examples:
[1],
[2],
[3],
[4],
[5])
Maisch (2010) is therefore rather unusual in using Mixosauria to refer to Wimanius + Mixosauridae, and no justification is given for this change in definition. Wimanius itself is a poorly known taxon (
Yin et al., 2021) whose mixosaurian status is by no means certain, and is often recovered as a merriamosaur nowadays. (i.e. Moon, 2017;
Pardo-Pérez, et al., 2020) Therefore, it seems that the title for this article should be Mixosauridae, rather than Mixosauria. --
Slate Weasel [
Talk -
Contribs16:41, 7 May 2023 (UTC)reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.