Re: Kirkaldy and SVP Ethics Statement

["Ken Kinman" <kinman@hotmail.com>]

    I have to agree once again with Dinogeorge.  Set high standards for 
publication of privately held specimens, but there should be provisions that 
make exceptions in the cases of extraordinary specimens.  Better to have 
photographs, measurements, and casts, than nothing at all.  Such 
documentation should be sufficient for the designation of additional type 
specimens (lectotypes or whatever) in the small percentages of cases where 
the private collectors are not cooperative in the future.
                        -----Ken Kinman
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> From: Dinogeorge@aol.com
> Reply-To: Dinogeorge@aol.com
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Re: Kirkaldy and SVP Ethics Statement
> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 16:41:15 EST
>
> In a message dated 11/27/00 4:02:55 PM EST, Danvarner@aol.com writes:
>
> << Scientifically significant fossil vertebrate specimens, along with
> ancillary
>  data, should be curated and accessioned in the collections of 
> repositories
>  charged in perpetuity with con serving fossil vertebrates for scientific
>  study and education (e.g. accredited museums, universities, colleges, and
>  other educational institutions >>
>
> Please note: "should, " not "must." Sometimes it is simply not possible to
> store scientifically significant fossil vertebrates in accordance with the
> above specification (e.g., type specimen of Kakuru kujani). Why should this
> prevent these specimens from being scientifically described?
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