| Wastebin Taxon |
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Examples of wastebin taxa include '' Simia '', Rhynchocephalia , Carnosauria , '' Megalosaurus '' and Thecodont ia. Sometimes, during Taxonomic revisions, the wastebin taxa can be salvaged after doing thorough research on its members, and then imposing tighter restrictions on what continues to be included. Such techniques "saved" Carnosauria and '' Megalosaurus ''. Other times, the Taxonomic name contains too much unrelated "baggage," to be successfully salvaged. As such, it is usually dumped in favour of a new, more restrictive name (for example, Rhynchocephalia , or Thecodont ia), or abandoned altogether (for example, '' Simia ''). |
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