Re: [dinosaur] RETRACTION: Oculudentavis, new smallest known Mesozoic bird in amber from Cretaceous of Myanmar

[Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>]

> It's just that generic name which is going to win awards for being one of the 
> worst of all time.

In addition to being poorly composed, you mean?

The number of Latin noun stems that actually end in u is very small (and oculo- 
âeyeâ is not one of them). The vast majority of Latin nouns whose 
nominative singular form ends in -us actually have stems that end in -

The upshot is, if you end up with a u in the middle of your proposed name, 
youâve most likely done it wrong.

âNick P.

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> On Jul 23, 2020, at 11:41 PM, Paul P <turtlecroc@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> ïOn Thursday, July 23, 2020, 05:15:17 PM UTC, Gregory Paul 
> <gsp1954@aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> Me thinks this paper should be reinstated with a major correction to the 
>> errant parts.
> 
> 
> Hmm, I found some small errors in one of my 2018 papers. Can I retract it now 
> and then have a different version of it re-appear with the errors 
> corrected..? Ach, but how to expunge the hardcopies from the printed version 
> of the journal in university libraries all over the world..? 
> 
> Yes I am being facetious (but I didn't get the impression that GSP was).
> 
> Again, a paper that's published cannot be 'disappeared.' It exists from now 
> on, in perpetuity. That's the whole point of the new electronic publishing 
> rules too.
> 
> It is a good point that it's a binomial name, and there's nothing wrong with 
> the specific name. It's just that generic name which is going to win awards 
> for being one of the worst of all time.
> 
>    Paul P.
>