RE: *Dashanpusaurus dongi*

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Evelyn Sobielski wrote:

> > Should this be considered published for ICZN purposes...?
>
> Can you mail-order it? Is it peer-reviewed? If so, well, "The Dinosaur 
> Museum Journal" is >apparently a valid publication according to §8 ICZN:
> http://www.iczn.org/BZNSep2004general_articles.htm

Peer review is not essential in order for a name to be deemed valid.  It 
would be helpful if this were the case, but it isn't.

http://www.iczn.org/iczn/index.jsp

(Especially Chapter 3, Articles 8 and 9.)

What counts, also, is whether the new name is accompanied by a satisfactory 
description, including the designation of a type.  Otherwise the name is a 
nomen nudum.  I haven't seen the _Dashanpusaurus_ description, so I don't 
know.

Cheers

Tim

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