tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397350206066419382.post871877589402922121..comments2024-02-04T04:35:57.404-06:00Comments on Tyrannosauroidea central: THE JANE DIARIES, ENTRY #29Thomas Carrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222089653141920186noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397350206066419382.post-22117913580010070832014-12-15T10:21:35.850-06:002014-12-15T10:21:35.850-06:00Hi Mickey! Although I'm doing the heavy liftin...Hi Mickey! Although I'm doing the heavy lifting on this one, it is a multiauthored work; so it is best referred to as "Carr et al. in prep.".Thomas Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16222089653141920186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397350206066419382.post-40426702301950757672014-12-15T10:19:43.195-06:002014-12-15T10:19:43.195-06:00Hi Andy! Thank you for your positive response and ...Hi Andy! Thank you for your positive response and for pointing out that issue, with which I completely agree. I elaborate on where I think descriptive works should head in Entry #20, which corresponds to what you have said here.Thomas Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16222089653141920186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397350206066419382.post-34228123598261872132014-12-15T08:02:37.739-06:002014-12-15T08:02:37.739-06:00Completely agree with Andy. Btw, what's the b...Completely agree with Andy. Btw, what's the best way to cite this in progress work? Is it just you as author, so "Carr, in prep."?Mickey Mortimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831823442911513851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397350206066419382.post-29766495933337847362014-12-14T22:29:34.486-06:002014-12-14T22:29:34.486-06:00I note with some regret that your appendix may als...I note with some regret that your appendix may also be necessary for some of us scientists, too. The sad reality is that solid, comprehensive descriptive work is undervalued by many, even though it forms the bedrock (no pun intended) of our discipline. One only needs to turn to the bevy of underillustrated, underdescribed specimens that dot the literature to see ample evidence of this problem! I can think of more than a few specimens for which their accompanying cladistic data matrices are more in-depth than the descriptions themselves--yet the matrices are not easily verifiable, because the accompanying description/illustration is so abbreviated!<br /><br />At any rate, that's all a long way of saying, "Keep fighting the good fight!"Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16171447306687358664noreply@blogger.com