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

["Kenneth A. Monsch" <kmonsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The name attached to fossil species is Hemithyrsites Sauvage 1873 (used a few times by a few authors even up to this year), and the generic name attached to the only known Recent species is Promethichtys Gill 1893. This is used often enough by enough different authors in the most recent years to fulfil ICZN art. 23.9.1.2. However, because of the occasional usage of Hemithyrsites, art. 23.9.1.1 is not fulfilled, and thus this senior synonym should be applied, except if my co-author and I decide to appeal to ICZN recommendation 23A (as suggested in this thread by Patricio). But whether we do that or not depends on our judgement.

Thanks for your input so far,
Ken
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What are these two names?

Judith

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