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Issue: Vol. 4612 No. 3: 30 May 2019
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2019-05-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.3.10
Page range: 440–440
Abstract views: 178
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Camptodontornis gen. nov., a replacement name for the bird genus Camptodontus Li, Gong, Zhang, Yang, and Hou, 2010, a junior homonym of Camptodontus Dejean, 1826

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Abstract

Camptodontus yangi Li, Gong, Zhang, Yang, and Hou, 2010 was erected for a complete enantiornithine bird skeleton from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation in Liaoning, northeastern China (Li et al. 2010). However, the genus name Camptodontus is a junior homonym of the beetle genus Camptodontus Dejean, 1826. Under Article 23.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999) Dejean’s 1826 name has priority.

 

References

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    https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8863

    ICZN (1999) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. 4th Edition. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, c/o The Natural History Museum, London, 126 pp.

    Li, L., Gong, E., Zhang, L., Yang, Y. & Hou, L. (2010) A new enantiornithine bird (aves) from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 49 (4), 524–531.