[Taxacom] Objective synonyms?

Curtis Clark lists at curtisclark.org
Mon May 31 08:49:04 CDT 2010


On 5/30/2010 10:22 PM, Stephen Thorpe wrote:
> I have already given examples - they involve new replacement names 
> (nomina nova):
> someone describes a new species as Aus bus, then someone recombines it 
> as Cus bus, but wait(!) there is already a Cus bus, so rename the new 
> one as Cus dus. Then Cus dus and Cus bus (Aus bus) are objective synonyms
>
No, no, I meant *examples* of actual names of actual types of actual 
animals, not theoretical constructs.

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