Dana J. Ehret, “Rediscovery of the type series of the Carboniferous ichnospecies Attenosaurus subulensis (Aldrich in Aldrich & Jones, 1930) and Cincosaurus cobbi (Aldrich in Aldrich & Jones, 1930) with comments on the designation of neotypes”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 77-80, 2016.

The purpose of this note, under Article 75.8 of the Code, is to set aside the neotype for the ichnospecies Attenosaurus subulensis Aldrich in Aldrich and Jones, 1930. It was believed that the type specimens for Attenosaurus subulensis were lost; however, a recent search through the collections at....

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Adrian M. Lister, Marzia Breda, “Validity of the name Dama roberti Breda & Lister, 2013, a small European Pleistocene deer, and the status of Cervus polignacus Robert, 1829 and Cervus roberti Pomel, 1853”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 81-82, 2016.

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Ivan Löbl, Alice Cibois, Bernard Landry, “Describing new species in the absence of sampled specimens: a taxonomist’s own-goal ”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 83-86, 2016.

Photographs of individuals of new species have been used recently as a proxy for physical holotypes when specimens could not be or were not sampled. The arguments that have been presented in favour of this practice are discussed and shown to be ill-founded. The absence of physical specimens may be the....

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Stephen A. Marshall, Neal L. Evenhuis, “Proxy types, taxonomic discretion, and taxonomic progress: a response to Löbl et al.”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 87-92, 2016.

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