Re: "Pterodactylus" kochi help?

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> What if the holotype of Pterodactylus kochi (Nr. 23) of Wellnhofer 1970, 
> turns out to be a juvenile closer to the adult Germanodactylus 
> rhamphastinus (Nr. 64)? 
> 
> Which name changes? 
 
If they are the same species, the specific epithet changes in any case: 
*kochi* stays because it is older than *rhamphastinus*. In front of that 
it becomes complicated: 
· if the species is *Pterodactylus*, then the result is *Pterodactylus 
kochi*. 
· if it isn't *Pterodactylus*, but *Germanodactylus*, then the result is 
*Germanodactylus kochi*. 
· But you think that *G. cristatus* and *G. rhamphastinus* have next to 
nothing to do with each other, right? In that case, if the latter isn't 
*Pterodactylus*, it must get a new genus name, because *G.* stays with the 
type species, *G. cristatus*. The specific epithet must of course stay 
*kochi*, you can't invent a new one here. 

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