Are birds really reptiles?

[eyekosaeder]

@petezani

Is the taxonomy on iNaturalist meant to FOLLOW the established convention or LEAD us into a new taxonomy. Given that we only add taxon splits when a new species is added or revised, the existing practice seems to be iNat FOLLOWS the taxonomy.

I was strictly referring to iconic taxa (the icons in the filter box) not the overall taxonomy iNat follows. There has been a request a while ago to split plantae into several iconic taxa (though it has been declined, sadly). Using monophyla here may not be that useful, but polyphyletic iconic taxa such as “trees” may be helpful.