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Thomas Holtz writes: >When five different >workers give wildly different opinions as to the make up of a given taxon, >they are not doing so to make things difficult for others (at least I hope >not). Indeed, such a situation might highlight the possibility that the >taxon in question is probably not a suitable index. Actually, sometimes after discussion we wind up with 5 closely spaced indexes that provide real good resolution. Problem is we often don't get together talk and look at fossils before things spin out of control. This has been aggrivated by workers who have "secret bugs" (management imposed restrictions often as not) which they can't or won't discuss. Fortunately the secret bug syndrome is much reduced since management has decided that paleo is "a mature technology" and really isn't worth keeping secret anymore. I guess there are some small advantages to being nearly extinct. Mike ======================================================================= | Michael J. Styzen Phone: (504) 588-4308 | | Shell Offshore Inc. Room: OSS-2920 | | P.O. Box 61933 Email: mstyzen@shell.com | | New Orleans LA 70161 | =======================================================================
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