Taxacom: Quick question RE availability of a name in zoology (was animal, now pseudofossil)

[Tony Rees]

Apologies for a typo in the above message, for  Arachaeodon in one place
read  Archaeodon...
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- Tony


On Mon, 30 Jan 2023 at 16:08, Tony Rees via Taxacom <taxacom at lists.ku.edu>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The answer to this one is probably staring me in the face somewhere but I
> cannot see it.
>
> If a genus name is erected in zoology for (in this instance) a supposed
> fossil mammal tooth, which subsequently is re-interpreted as a pseudofossil
> i.e. non-biological, does the name stand in zoological nomenclature e.g.
> for subsequent homonymy? I would have thought yes, however these authors
> say no in a 1981 paper:
>
> Hopson, J. A., & Reif, W. E. (1981). The status of Archaeodon reuningi von
> Huene, a supposed late Triassic mammal from Southern Africa. *Neues
> Jahrbuch f?r Geologie und Pal?ontologie-Monatshefte*, 307-310.
>
> The authors state: [because it represents a non-biological artifact] "the
> name Arachaeodon is thus excluded from zoological nomenclature".
>
> One reason that this is potentially relevant is that there is a later
> instance of the same name, i.e. Archaeodon Crickmay, 1930, a mollusc,
> currently treated as a junior synonym of Cucullaea Lamarck, 1801 however it
> would be good to know whether that name is technically available, or
> preoccupied.
>
> Thoughts, advice welcome!
>
> Regards - Tony
>
> Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
>
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