[Taxacom] Unexpectedly wide discrepancies in cited taxon authorities - examples sought

[David Campbell]

Older authors often identified a species as new when they merely
changed the genus, providing one source of confusion about original
authorship.

I know at least one major online database has some careless data entry
producing several listings in which the publication where a name was
found by the compiler, rather than the actual species author, is
listed under authorship of the species.


-- 
Dr. David Campbell
Collections Assistant
The Paleontological Research Institution
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca NY 14850