Basionym in Zoology?

[Dipteryx]

Surely the meter stick in platinum was (probably is) kept in Paris, France?
Equally obviously the meter is no longer defined this way any longer.

Using a type to define a taxon is a form of "defining by paradigm" (by
example), the oldest and most used way of defining things.

Best,
Paul van Rijckevorsel


----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Lammers <lammers at VAXA.CIS.UWOSH.EDU>
>
> Good approach.  In similar situations, I compare types to the "meter stick
> or kilogram weight kept at the Bureau of Standards, against which other
> meter sticks or kilogram weights may be compared"  -- and pray to God
> nobody asks me where this "Bureau of Standards" is!!
>
> Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.
>