Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Authors: | Andres, B., Padian, K., Rowe, T. B., Bell, C. J., Brown, M. A., Sagebiel, J. C., Lehman, T. M., Cunningham, J. R. |
Journal: | Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature |
Volume: | 74 |
Issue: | |
Start Page: | 34 |
Pagination: | |
Date Published: | 05/2017 |
Type of Article: | Case |
Keywords: | Nomenclature, taxonomy, Reptilia, Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae, Quetzalcoatlus, northropi, West Texas, Late Cretaceous |
Abstract: | The purpose of this application, under Article 81.1 of the Code, is to conserve the widely used binomen Quetzalcoatlus northropi in its accustomed usage by making the generic and specific names available and attributing authorship to Lawson (1975b). |
Full Text: | http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v74.a002 (Notice of application) |
Case:
Case 3728
Volume/Issue:
74
Taxonomic Group(s):
Pterosauria,
Reptilia
Status of Case:
Resolved (Opinion Issued)
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The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the binomen Quetzalcoatlus northropi for a species of pterosaur that is the largest known flying organism, by ruling that both the generic name Quetzalcoatlus Lawson, 1975 and specific name northropi Lawson, 1975 are available and take authorship from Lawson, 1975.
http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v76.a047
Opinion:
Opinion 2440
Volume/Issue:
76
Taxonomic Group(s):
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