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All, I have a question regarding a change in the spelling of a species name
(a lapsus calami?) that may have crept
into the literature, and would like to determine the correct spelling for a
publication that I am writing. In regard to the Late Cretaceous fish, Protosphyraena
pernicosa
(note the spelling of the species name): Cope (1874, p. 41) authored the original name: Ichthyodectes
perniciosus Cope (1875, p. 244) changed
the name to: Pelecopterus perniciosus …
Cope had placed it in the wrong genus…. Species name
changed from male to female gender when: Woodward (1895, p. 414) referred the species to:
Protosphyraena perniciosa
Loomis (1900, p. 221) mentions it as P.
perniciosa Hay (1903, p. 9) discusses it as P. perniciosa However,
Stewart (1979, 1988 and 1990) spelled it P.
pernicosa…. ..which now appears to
have become accepted usage.. Stewart, J. D. 1979. Biostratigraphic distribution
of species of Protosphyraena (Osteichthyes:
Actinopterygii) in the Stewart, J. D.,
1988. The stratigraphic distribution of late Cretaceous Protosphyraena in Kansas and Alabama,
Geology, In Nelson, M. E.
(ed.), Paleontology and biostratigraphy of western Kansas: Articles in honor of
Myrl V. Walker, Fort Hays Studies, 3(10):80-94. (Science). Stewart, J. D., 1990. Niobrara Formation vertebrate
stratigraphy, pages 19-30, In Bennett, S. C.
(ed.), Niobrara Chalk Excursion Guidebook, The University of Kansas Museum
of Natural History and the Kansas Geological Survey. ……………………….. I cannot find any publication of the name between
Hay (1903) and Stewart (1979) where the name was changed. Does anyone know if the species name has been
officially changed or was it a typo? Regards, |
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