Re: [dinosaur] Camptodontornis, new name for Camptodontus + Sclerocephalus type specimen

A comment has been published in response to the Camptodontornis article:

Yun, C. (2019)

Comments on the taxonomic validity of Camptodontornis yangi (Li, Gong, Zhang, Yang, and Hou, 2010) and its relationships to Longipteryx chaoyangensis Zhang, Zhou, Hou, and Gu, 2000 and Boluochia zhengi Zhou, 1995

Zootaxa 4652: 391-392

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.2.12

https://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4652.2.12

Although the nomenclature of the longipterygid bird Camptodontus yangi Li, Gong, Zhang, Yang, and Hou, 2010 may have been clouded by the finding that its generic name was preoccupied by Camptodontus Dejean, 1826 in the carabid beetles, necessitating its replacement by Camptodontornis Demirjian, 2019, the taxonomic status of this species has become even more debatable.

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The comment notes that "Camptodontus" had been synonymized with Longipteryx by previous authors. Sounds familiar... It also brings up potential synonymy between Boluochia and Longipteryx, as has been entertained (though ultimately not followed) by O'Connor et al. (2011).

On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 6:03 AM Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com> wrote:

Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com

Some new taxonomic items:

V. Demirjian (2019)
Camptodontornis gen. nov., a replacement name for the bird genus Camptodontus Li, Gong, Zhang, Yang, and Hou, 2010, a junior homonym of Camptodontus Dejean, 1826.
Zootaxa 4612 (3): 440
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4612.3.10
https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4612.3.10

Camptodontus yangi Li, Gong, Zhang, Yang, and Hou, 2010 was erected for a complete enantiornithine bird skeleton from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation in Liaoning, northeastern China (Li et al. 2010). However, the genus name Camptodontus is a junior homonym of the beetle genus Camptodontus Dejean, 1826. Under Article 23.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999) Dejeanâs 1826 name has priority.

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Li, L., Gong, E., Zhang, L., Yang, Y. & Hou, L. (2010)
A new enantiornithine bird (aves) from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China.
Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 49 (4): 524â531.

Note that the original paper from 2010 can be viewed here:Â

http://www.doc88.com/p-4913072113333.html

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Rainer R. Schoch, Martin Ebert & Emmanuel Robert (2019)
Type specimen of Sclerocephalus haeuseri GOLDFUSS, 1847 rediscovered.
Neues Jahrbuch fÃr Geologie und PalÃontologie - Abhandlungen 292(3): 315-320
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1127/njgpa/2019/0824
https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/schweiz/njbgeol/2019/00000292/00000003/art00005

The Late Palaeozoic temnospondyl Sclerocephalus haeuseri Goldfuss, 1847 is known from numerous specimens and formations in the Lower Rotliegend sequence of the Saar-Nahe Basin, SW Germany. The type specimen was long believed to be lost, and therefore a neotype was determined. A diagnostic partial skull, curated in the palaeontological collection of the University Lyon 1, is identified as the original type specimen, which is herewith reinstated. Both holotype and neotype are consistent with further hypodigm material in numerous features, distinguishing it from samples of other localities and horizons.

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