Homo sapiens lectotype

[Karl Magnacca]

>> Some of the references state the ICZN approved the designation,
>> published in The Journal of the Wyoming Geological Society in 1993.
>
> Yeah right.  Good, we're going to find out if this journal exists.

Ah, the joys of Google.  A quick search on "journal of the wyoming
geological society" turns up 102 entries; adding "-cope" turns up none.
IOW, the only reference to it anywhere on the web is in regard to the
designation of Cope as the Homo sapiens lectotype.  In fact, the Wyoming
Geological Society itself is apparently not much of anything; of the first
100 (out of 400 or so) returns on a search for it, very few actually
relate to the society; those that do are mostly in people's resumes
listing memberships, the rest (two, I think) about meetings it sponsored.

>> Anyone have an actual copy of what Bakker's paper says?
>
> Excellent question. Or even ... does the paper exist?

Apparently not; so the question now is, how did this all start and how did
it get so widespread?

Karl
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