[Taxacom] names for non-existing species

[Richard Pyle]

This (N. rhombopteryx) had always been my go-to example for this sort of
thing, but it was pretty fuzzy as an ICZN-Compliant name because of the
nature of the type designation (i.e., the "organism" depicted by the image
was arguably not an organism at all, and hence not a Code-compliant name).

However, there is a much more recent example that, as far as I know, is much
more plausibly Code-compliant:

Homo sapiens cognatus

Aloha,
Rich

> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of valery malecot
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 11:37 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] names for non-existing species
> 
> The publication place for Nessiteras rhombopteryx is here :
> http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v258/n5535/pdf/258466a0.pdf
> Scott & Rines 1975 Nature 258, 466-468
> sincerely
> 
> Valéry
> 
> 
> 
> > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Curtis Clark <lists at curtisclark.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2013-03-25 10:23 AM, Doug Yanega wrote:
> >> > Nessiteras rhombopteryx - name coined for the Loch Ness Monster, an
> >> > anagram of "monster hoax by Sir Peter S.", referring to Sir Peter
> >> > Scott, who helped coin the name.
> >>
> >> If I remember correctly, this was intended to be an ICZN-compliant
> >> naming, using a photograph as the type, for purposes of providing
> >> conservation protection to the organism should it turn out to exist.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Curtis Clark        http://www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark
> >> Biological Sciences                   +1 909 869 4140
> >> Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona CA 91768
> >>
> 
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