Re: The pterosaur in the egg: a new report

[Mike Hanson <mhanson54@comcast.net>]

Just for the record, I agree fully with all Dave Marjanovic said.

David Marjanovic wrote:

> I don't know Greek, but the usual prefix used for "egg" is oo-... Is
> *Oodectes* preoccupied? ~:-|
>  

Yep, it is a caniform.

Oodectes (Wortman, 1901)
   O. herpestoides (Wortman, 1901)
   O. proximus (Matthew, 1909)

Phil Bigelow wrote:

> 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.

I think it all depends on wether Dave Peters _intended_ this article to 
be a description./

Prehistoric Times/ is available to the masses (definately moreso than 
most scientific journals) and apparently some have found it being sold 
in magazine stands, so that is out of the question.

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