[Taxacom] "genus organus"?

[Michael A. Ivie]

Dear taxacomers,

A colleague in the paleo group here has asked me the meaning of "genus 
organus" in a nomenclature context, a term used in a 1988 description of 
fossil turtle eggs.  I don't have a clue, as I cannot find it in the 
ICZN.  The usage in the text is "A systematically not interpretable form 
(/Testudinarum ovum/) is described, together with /Haininchelys curiosa/ 
n.g.n.sp. as a new *genus organus* for fossil eggs."  This is in the 
English abstract of a paper in German, the same sentence in German 
being: Neben einer nicht naeher definierbaren Form (Testudinarum ovum) 
wird Haininchelys curiosa n.g.s.p. als neue *Organgattung* 
beschrieben."  I cannot make any sense of the German term using my 
technical German dictionary either.

Any help would be appreciated.

Mike

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