[Taxacom] names for non-existing species

['Isa Van de Velde']

"Par plaisanterie, le zoologiste Alain Quintart a publié en 1992 une description scientifique du marsupilami, qu'il nomme Marsupilamus franquini. Ce canular a été indexé comme une diagnose valide par la très sérieuse Zoological Society of London." 

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsupilami

 
And even the holotype was presented in a showcase in the exhibition halls of the museum (Royal Belgian Intitute of Natural Sciences, Brussels)

Isa

 
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From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of valery malecot
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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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