Re: "Pterodactylus" kochi help?

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

> On the contrary, PAUP indicates that G. cristatus and G. rhamphastinus
> are sister taxa, to no surprise. I don't think that's ever been
> questioned.

I thought you had, with your Scalmognatha and... ?

> So, let me get this straight.
> 
> If Nr. 23 is a juvenile of No. 64, then it becomes Germanodactylus
> kochi.

Except if you refer *G.* in its entirety to *P.*, as some have apparently
suggested.

> And the adult No. 64 likewise becomes G. kochi.
> Rhamphastinus is dropped.

Yes.

> We retain Pterodactylus kochi for all the other forms which currently
> carry that genus and species.

No, because they don't belong to the same species as the holotype of *P.
kochi* (now *G. kochi*). The name is stuck on the holotype forever. Someone must
choose one of those specimens as the holotype of a new species of
*Pterodactylus*. Though in practice, it appears to me that every *P.* specimen 
is the
holotype of some long-forgotten species, so you'd instead dig up the oldest of
those that have so far been referred to *P. kochi* and not invent a new
name. Of course, if they are juveniles of *P. antiquus*, then you don't need a
new or old name and can simply refer them to that species.

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