Genetive Emendations (Khaan mckennai, etc.)

["Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>]

David Marjanovic (david.marjanovic@gmx.at) wrote:

<Regarding names like Khaan mckennai, Patagonykus puertai etc.
-- IMHO these should end in e rather than i, because Latin
grammar doesn't care about sex or gender, but the declination a
word belongs to. What ends in -a in the nominative gets -ae in
the genitive. -ai here is Old Latin (~Punic Wars and before),
rather than Classic Latin. AFAIK the ICZN recommends to emend
such cases, just like all those superfluous -ii endings
(Hypsilophodon foxii).>

  I'm surprised. I was aware that irrelevant of the nominative,
the genitive must follow gender, as much as it rankles....

  Anyways, ICZN rules state that even if incorrectly formed or
applied, after 1999, any name must be retained unless
preoccipied. K. mckennai sticks by this application, and the
fact that it is properly formed from the genitive. If you want
to try to push for the emendations of all named ending in -i or
-ii to become -ae, you're welcome to try....

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Jaime A. Headden

  Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhr-gen-ti-na
  Where the Wind Comes Sweeping Down the Pampas!!!!

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