[Taxacom] ninjabaerus

[Francisco Welter-Schultes]

I agree entirely with Frank, this falls under Art. 1.3.1, hypothetical 
concept, the name is excluded from the provisions of the Code.

The reviewers should have realized that in the paragraph 
"Pseudophascolarctos New family" the family name did not end in -idea, 
and under Remarks "family Bicingulatus" contradicts the headline. As a 
reviewer I would have suggested to correct that.

The name Bicingulatus ninjabearus as such can be used, just not under 
the Code. Publishing funny things is alwas a good idea. Also in peer 
reviewed journals. Nice name.

Reading the Code when attempting to test the limits in zoological 
nomenclature could also be a good idea.
Art. 61.1 gives a basic statement that each nominal taxon has actually 
or potentially a name-bearing type. This answers the question if a taxon 
can be based on a phototype without being based on a real specimen in 
the background.
Actually the photoshopped animal pictures did represent animals that 
could serve as type. However the description lists characters that in 
subsequent research would probably turn out to have been hypothetical, 
and the intention of naming was based on those, so Art. 1.3.1 would apply.

Cheers
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Francisco

Am 22.01.2021 um 17:32 schrieb Frank T. Krell via Taxacom:
> Hi Igor,
> Isn't it wonderful that we have all those open access peer-reviewed journals? I just asked the author how long the peer review take and what the referees said.
> So this would fall under Code Art. 1.3.1. that excludes from the provisions of the Code names proposed for hypothetical concepts. The names proposed in this paper are unavailable.
> Phew!
> Happy New Year
> 
> Frank
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> Dear taxacomers,
>   
> I have a particular question concerning description of a new Recent Marsupial speces-genus-family-order from Australia ( https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335909047_A_Description_of_a_New_Endemic_Carnivorous_Marsupialia_in_Myrtoideae_Forests_of_Australia_A_Taxonomic_Misadventure_with_Phototypes ). It looks like a pure fake, the phototype reported seems to have been prepared with Photoshop, the formal description is ignorant is some important points (the name of a new familty is given as Pseudophascolarctos), its author is reported as a malacologist ( https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stephen_J._Maxwell ). No subsequent discussion of this case seemed to happen.
>   
> I’d be much greatful for any information clarifying this case.
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> Thank you,
>   
> Igor
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