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[Stephen Thorpe]

 The relevant bit of the Code is:?

1.3.?Exclusions

Excluded from the provisions of the Code are names proposed

1.3.1. for hypothetical concepts;

1.3.2. for teratological specimens as such;

1.3.3. for hybrid specimens as such (for taxa which are of hybrid origin see?Article 17.2);

1.3.4. for infrasubspecific entities unless the name was subsequently deemed to be an available name under?Article 45.6.4.1;

1.3.5. as means of temporary reference and not for formal taxonomic use as scientific names in zoological nomenclature;

1.3.6. after 1930, for the work of extant animals;


    On Monday, 30 January 2023 at 06:08:09 pm NZDT, 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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