Re: paleonet "palaeo name" to override "neontology name"

[Judith Harris <harrisj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What are these two names?

Judith

judith harris
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On Apr 26, 2006, at 5:57 AM, Kenneth A. Monsch wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> My co-author and I are investigating the following case. The name  
> of a certain genus of fossil fishes seems to apply as well to  
> Recent species that are generally known under a different generic  
> name. The particularity of this case is, that the "Recent" name is  
> a junior synonym of the "fossil" name. The "Recent" name is  
> frequently used and the "fossil" name rarely. However, of both  
> necessary ICZN conditions for maintaining a frequently used junior  
> synonym as valid rather than its more obscure senior synonym, only  
> one is met. If you want to verify what these conditions are, look  
> up ICZN (1999: arts. 23.9.1.1 and 23.9.1.2). Thus, what we want to  
> assert in a taxonomic note that is in prep. is the following. A  
> "Recent" name should be put to disuse in favour of a name that has  
> been used only for fossils till now!
>
> I am not aware of it if something like this has happened before.  
> That is why I'd like to ask if anyone out there on the list knows  
> of previously published reports of similar cases.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ken
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