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RE: Megapnosaurus and the ethics of zoological nomenclature
From: Ben Creisler bh480@scn.org
RE: Megapnosaurus and the ethics of zoological nomenclature
Here's what the current edition of the ICZN says about
allowing authors to propose their own substitute names:
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
Fourth Edition
pg. 124
Code of Ethics
3. A zoologist should not publish a new replacement name
(a nomen novum) or other substitute name for a junior
homonym when the author of the latter is alive; that
author should be informed of the homonymy and be allowed a
reasonable time (at least a year) in which to establish a
substitute
name.