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RE: *Dashanpusaurus dongi*
Eike wrote:
Can you mail-order it? Is it peer-reviewed? If so,
well, "The Dinosaur Museum Journal" is apparently a
valid publication according to §8 ICZN:
http://www.iczn.org/BZNSep2004general_articles.htm
Yes, you can order it, as has already been noted, via
http://www.hceis.com/book.asp?id=4708 -- I've already ordered it, though it
hasn't come in yet. As for peer-review: this is _NOT_ a qualification for a
"publication" under ICZN rules. It's certainly something we take for
granted, and I know a few people who think that peer review _should_ be a
prerequisite for recognition under ICZN rules (it's an arguable point,
especially these days), but it presently is not. Anyone can self-publish
anything and as long as they meet ICZN requirements (including those
covering reposition of the publication in a number of public libraries),
it's still valid.
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E-mail: jharris@dixie.edu
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"Trying to estimate the divergence times
of fungal, algal or prokaryotic groups on
the basis of a partial reptilian fossil and
protein sequences from mice and humans
is like trying to decipher Demotic Egyptian with
the help of an odometer and the Oxford
English Dictionary."
-- D. Graur & W. Martin (_Trends
in Genetics_ 20[2], 2004)