[Taxacom] Media hype over Darwinius (new Adapoid primate fossil)

[Donat Agosti]

In a way, this
(http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0005723 )is a
missed chance for promoting Zoobank. There is no LSID for the species from
Zoobank - even though PloSOne was involved in a big controversy about
electronic publication when Fisher et al paper on Anochetus appeared
(http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0001787) .  

In fact, there is no indication that there is a printed or other version
that follows ICZN arcticle 8.6. And thus, from a nomenclatorial point of
view, this taxon does not exist, i.e. the name is not available.

May be I didn't read the paper well enough, but after all the discussion
PLoS One ought to be well aware of this problem?!


Donat



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[mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Donat Agosti
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fossil)

For those interested in background information, read the Guardian article on
how all this fall into place

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/may/19/fossil-ida-missing-link-discov
ery   


Donat


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[mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of John Grehan
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 5:32 PM
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fossil)

Most scientists (I will include myself) want to receive attention for their
discoveries or insights. These people have been very successful in that
endeavor, regardless of what one may argue about the merits, so I applaud
their ability. Wish I had some of that.

John Grehan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-
> bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Barry Roth
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:19 PM
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu; Kenneth Kinman
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Media hype over Darwinius (new Adapoid primate
> fossil)
> 
> An excellent, blogged response:  http://networkedblogs.com/p5172205
> 
> Barry Roth
> .
> --- On Tue, 5/19/09, Kenneth Kinman <kennethkinman at webtv.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Dear All,
>      I'm not going to address the advisability of all the media hype
> that was orchestrated along with today's publication of the description
> of Darwinius, other than that the phrase "missing link" can too often
> involve more PR than good science.
>       I assume that the assignment of Darwinius to the Adapoidea is
> correct, but whether adapoids should now be regarded as members of
> Strepsirhini or Haplorhini is less certain.  The authors of today's
> paper in PLOS regard Darwinius as a member of Suborder Haplorhini, while
> adapoids are more generally regarded as basal members of Suborder
> Strepsirhini.
>        There will now be a contentious debate over which placement is
> correct.  However, we should not overlook a third possibility, namely
> that adapoids could be a paraphyletic grouping that gave rise to both
> Strepsirhini and Haplorhini.  In other words, when you hear the debate
> in the coming weeks and months, just remember that there are three
> possibilities, not just two.
>           --------Ken Kinman
> 
> 
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