Ottowia

[B.J.Tindall]

In our attempts to avoid creating new homonyms I would like to ask the List
for its help on tracing a zoological name. A new genus Ottowia is being
proposed in prokaryotic systematics and a search of the Internet indicates
that Ottowia also appears at:

www.geol.umd.edu/~kaufman/ppt/ 123/123_Biodiversity_web.ppt

It would appear that the name could be associated with a fossil. However,
we have been unable to find the name in the BIOSIS database. Can anyone
help to clarify this, in order to avoid creating a homonym between a
zoological and prokaryotic taxon?

Brian


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