Archaeoraptor and Storrs Olson

[Christopher Taylor <ck.taylor@auckland.ac.nz>]

    I realise I'm probably opening a can of worms here, but I'm trying to
work this out...
    In 2000, Storrs Olson published a paper (of sorts) which tied the name
_Archaeoraptor liaoningensis_ to the rear part of the composite, and thus
_Archaeoraptor_ supposedly takes priority over _Microraptor_.
    An exchange about this was made on the DML, starting from
http://www.cmnh.org/dinoarch/2002Jun/msg00132.html, as to whether Olson's
publication was valid. This exchange seems to have fizzled, without a
definite conclusion.
    What is the actual citation for Olson's article?
    Has there been any progress on this front? A number of internet pages
mention the possibility of an ICZN application, but has one actually been
made? Or was it decided to be unnecessary after all?
    If Olson's publication is indeed valid, there would seem to be little
inherent basis for an application (in the sense that the rules are fairly
straightforward, and there's little chance of confusing the nature of
specimens), but I know the ICZN has acted at least once before to preserve a
name which was well-known in the general public, when _Homo africanus_ was
suppresed to preserve _Australopithecus afarensis_.

    Cheers,

        Christopher Taylor