Re: Galveosaurus vs Galvesaurus

[Phil Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com>]

Righto.  Google turned up a lot of gen. and sp. nov. hits for PG.
I miscombobulated ICZN's rules with PhyloCode's rules.

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On Tue, 16 May 2006 23:10:10 +0200 David Marjanovic
<david.marjanovic@gmx.at> writes:
> > The Web-based journal _Palaeontologia Electronica_ is only an 
> increment
> > more "publish-y" than us.  It disseminates CDs of its Web-based 
> issues to
> > libraries and other interested people.  But AFAIK, 
> _Palaeontologia
> > Electronica_ does not qualify as a medium for naming new taxa by 
> the ICZN
> > rules.
> 
> It does, _because_ it disseminates "100 or more inalterable and 
> durable 
> copies" to public libraries.
> 
> Perhaps ironically, the PhyloCode insists on the old rule that 
> publication 
> means "in ink on paper". 
> 
>