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Issue: Vol. 3900 No. 1: 19 Dec. 2014
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2014-12-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3900.1.11
Page range: 150–150
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PDF downloaded: 23

Dakotaseps gen. nov., a replacement name for the lizard genus Dakotasaurus Nydam 2013, a junior homonym of the ichnotaxon Dakotasaurus Branson and Mehl 1932

Department of Anatomy, Midwestern University, 19555 N 59th Avenue, Glendale, Arizona, USA.
Reptilia Dakotasaurus Dakotaseps

Abstract

Dakotasaurus gilletorum Nydam 2013 was erected for two partial mandibles of a paramacellodid-cordylid grade scincomorphan lizard from the early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of southern Utah (Nydam 2013). However, the genus name Dakotasaurus is a junior homonym of the ichnofossil Dakotasaurus Branson and Mehl 1932. Under Article 23.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999) Branson and Mehl’s (1932) name has priority.

How to Cite

Nydam, R.L. (2014)

Dakotaseps gen. nov., a replacement name for the lizard genus Dakotasaurus Nydam 2013, a junior homonym of the ichnotaxon Dakotasaurus Branson and Mehl 1932

. Zootaxa, 3900 (1), 150–150. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3900.1.11