Re: Spinosaurus questions and the presence of air=.

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/31/03 8:56:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
mightyodinn@yahoo.com writes:

<<  --- Aspidel <aspidel@wanadoo.be> wrote:
 > From: "T. Michael Keesey"
 > 
 > > And _Becklespinax_ as:
 > > _Becklespinax_ Olshevsky 1991
 > >     _Becklespinax altispinax_ (Paul 1988) Olshevsky 1991
 > >     = _Acrocanthosaurus altispinax_ Paul 1988
 > >     = _Altispinax altispinax_ (Paul 1988) Rauhut 2000
 > 
 > One has to see if the PhyloCode will accept the species name is the same as
 > the genus name...
 
 They better! _Gulo gulo_, _Vulpes vulpes_, _Gorilla gorilla_, _Bison bison_, 
et
 cetera ad nauseam.  >>

Not only that, but if the generic name and species epithet are the same, this 
often makes that species the type species (absolute tautonymy is the term for 
this).