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Case 3491 Podargus cornutus Temminck, 1822 (currently Batrachostomus cornutus; Aves, PODARGIDAE): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name by designation of a neotype
N. Cleere, E. C. Dickinson, J. - F. Voisin, and C. Voisin, “Case 3491 Podargus cornutus Temminck, 1822 (currently Batrachostomus cornutus; Aves, PODARGIDAE): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name by designation of a neotype”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 327-331, 2009.
CASE 3499 Anthochaera Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 and Philesturnus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832 (Aves): proposed conservation by suppression of the generic name Creadion Vieillot, 1816
W. J. Bock, R. Schodde, and R. L. Palma, “CASE 3499 Anthochaera Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 and Philesturnus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832 (Aves): proposed conservation by suppression of the generic name Creadion Vieillot, 1816”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 332-339, 2009.
Comments on the proposed conservation of usage of Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer, 1861 (Aves) by designation of a neotype 1
Z. Zhou, “Comments on the proposed conservation of usage of Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer, 1861 (Aves) by designation of a neotype 1”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 87-88, 2009.
I write to support Bock & Bühler’s proposal to set aside the single feather holotype of Archaeopteryx lithographica in the Berlin and München Museums and to conserve the usage of Archaeopteryx lithographica von
Meyer, 1861 (Aves) by designation of a neotype, BMNH 37001 in the
Natural History Museum, London. The major reasons are as follows:
Firstly, hundreds of feathered dinosaurs have been found dating from
the late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of northeastern China in the last
Comments on the proposed conservation of usage of Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer, 1861 (Aves) by designation of a neotype 2
G. J. Dyke and G. W. Kaiser, “Comments on the proposed conservation of usage of Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer, 1861 (Aves) by designation of a neotype 2”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 66, no. 1, p. 88, 2009.
We support Bock & Bühler’s proposal to set aside the holotype specimen of Archaeopteryx lithographica von
Meyer, 1861 and to conserve this name by designating specimen BMNH
37001 in the Natural History Museum (the ‘London specimen’) as the
neotype. We echo the comments in this regard made by Barrett &
Milner (BZN 64: 261–262) and add our opinion that,
while a name is a useful tool, where usage is extensive, common sense
is more important than hermetic bureaucracy. Vertebrate
Comment on the proposed conservation of usage of Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer, 1861 (Aves) by designation of a neotype
D. Kadolsky, “Comment on the proposed conservation of usage of Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer, 1861 (Aves) by designation of a neotype ”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 314-317, 2008.
I agree with the objective of the applicants and the commentators (Bock & Bühler (BZN 63(3): 182–184) and Barrett & Milner (BZN 63(4): 261–262) to conserve the name Archaeopteryx lithographica in
its accustomed sense, i.e. as typified by the ‘London specimen’ (BMNH
37001) for all the reasons stated by these authors. However,
insufficient consideration has been given to the questions 1) in which
OPINION 2215 (Case 3380) Streptopelia risoria (Linnaeus, 1758) (Aves, COLUMBIDAE): priority maintained
ICZN, “OPINION 2215 (Case 3380) Streptopelia risoria (Linnaeus, 1758) (Aves, COLUMBIDAE): priority maintained”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 327-328, 2008.
Case 3482 Psittacus tenuirostris Kuhl, 1820 and Licmetis pastinator Gould, 1841 (currently Cacatua tenuirostris and Cacatua pastinator; Aves, Psittaciformes): conservation of usage by designation of a neotype for Psittacus tenuirostris Kuhl, 1820
C. Voisin, J. - F. Voisin, and R. Schodde, “Case 3482 Psittacus tenuirostris Kuhl, 1820 and Licmetis pastinator Gould, 1841 (currently Cacatua tenuirostris and Cacatua pastinator; Aves, Psittaciformes): conservation of usage by designation of a neotype for Psittacus tenuirostris Kuhl, 1820”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 151-157, 2010.
OPINION 2263 (Case 3466) Pachyramphus G.R. Gray in Gould, 1839 (July) (Aves, Passeriformes, COTINGIDAE): generic name conserved
ICZN, “OPINION 2263 (Case 3466) Pachyramphus G.R. Gray in Gould, 1839 (July) (Aves, Passeriformes, COTINGIDAE): generic name conserved ”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 346-347, 2010.