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Dimetrodon is safe!

Started by Halichoeres, January 21, 2020, 11:40:56 PM

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January 21, 2020, 11:40:56 PM Last Edit: January 22, 2020, 12:15:58 AM by Halichoeres
Bathygnathus borealis was described in 1853 on the basis of a maxilla. Dimetrodon limbatus was described in 1877. The maxilla from Bathygnathus was recognized to be a Dimetrodon, and so should have precedence. The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the name Dimetrodon given the better remains that it represents and its widespread use over the last 140 plus years. Phew!

https://bioone.org/journals/The-Bulletin-of-Zoological-Nomenclature/volume-76/issue-1/bzn.v76.a063/Opinion-2446-Case-3695--Dimetrodon-Cope-1878-Synapsida-Sphenacodontidae/10.21805/bzn.v76.a063.short
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January 21, 2020, 11:45:12 PM
didn't know there was such an issue, but still good to know! "Dimetrodon" rolls off the tongue easier too lol
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