Re: Platecarpus tympaniticus - how to analyze a nomen dubium

[Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>]

Quoting Tim Williams <tijawi@yahoo.com>:


> To put it another way, unless Marsh was 100% clear that Ceratopsia  
> was named after _Ceratops_ (rather than Ceratopsia and _Ceratops_  
> just having the same etymologies) then there is no requirement under  
> PhyloCode to include the _C. montanus_ type as an internal specifier  
> for Ceratopsia.

Except that "Ceratopsia" isn't based on _Ceratops_ (that would be  
Ceratopia), but must instead be based on something like "Ceratopsis".

(Ducks rotten tomato)

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