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RE: Pterosaur Species List updates

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Subject: RE: Pterosaur Species List updates
From: Michael Mortimer <mickey_mortimer111@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:35:54 -0700
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Mike Hanson wrote-

> Avgodectes and its synonyms are now listed as synonymous with Yixianopterus, 
> though this requires some nomenclatural gymnastics, Avgodectes is now a nomen 
> dubium.

How does this work?  By definition, a nomen dubium cannot be a synonym, because 
in order to be a nomen dubium, it would have to be indistinguishable from at 
least two species, so couldn't be a definite synonym of either.
 
Mickey Mortimer

References:
- Pterosaur Species List updates
  - From: Mike Hanson <mhanson54@comcast.net>

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