[Taxacom] new whale genus name is preoccupied

[Stephen Thorpe]

Here is Koch (1841): http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81522#2




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From: Doug Yanega <dyanega at ucr.edu>
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Sent: Fri, 2 July, 2010 10:40:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] new whale genus name is preoccupied

Stephen Thorpe wrote:

>as usual, these things get more complex the more you look into them:
>http://svpow.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/is-the-new-miocen-sperm-whale-leviathan-validly-named/

Wish I'd seen this before I wrote to Lambert. Based on the details 
coming out in that blog, Lambert's name appears to be a homonym, 
after all, and apparently he and his coauthors are already acting on 
it. Amazing, in a way, considering how trivial it is to search the 
Nomenclator Zoologicus online.

Peace,
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