Re: The pterosaur in the egg: a new report

[Phil Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com>]

Nomen nudum:  A taxonomic name held to be invalid, because the taxonomic
group designated is not described or illustrated sufficiently for
recognition.  The name has not yet been published with a proper
scientific description.

Further, to be considered valid, the name must be published in a form
that is widely and easily available to the masses.  I don't know if
_Prehistoric Times_ fulfills that criterium.

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On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:05:58 -0400 Brad McFeeters
<archosauromorph2@hotmail.com> writes:
> >From: Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>
> >Reply-To: twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com
> >To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> >Subject: Re: The pterosaur in the egg: a new report
> >Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:45:55 -0500
> >
> >Pete Buchholz wrote:
> >
> >>Dave Peters wrote on his website:
> >><<Avgodectes pseudembryon>>
> >>
> >>Uh... are you actually naming this in Prehistoric Times?
> >
> >
> >*grabbing my head with both hands*
> >
> >NO!!!  NO!!!!!  Say it isn't so!!!!!
> >
> >PLEASE - not another nomen nudum!   I hate 'em!
> 
> Why is it a nomen nudum?
> 
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