Re: popular names

[Stan Friesen <swf@ElSegundoCA.ATTGIS.COM>]

 From: NEIL CLARK <NCLARK@museum.gla.ac.uk>
 > 
 > It goes on to say (Sec. VI, Art. 23 b. Limitation) 'A name that has 
 > remained unused as a senior synonym in the primary zoological 
 > literature for more than fifty years is to be considered a forgotten 
 > name (nomen oblitum)' and (part ii) 'A nomen oblitum is not to be 
 > used unless the Commission so directs.'
 > 
 > I think that this rule has been deleted from the more recent ICZN 
 > volume.
 > 
Yes it has - the effective state of things now is as if the condition
in the last clause were reversed: a nomen oblitum is to be used unless
the Commision directs otherwise.

In clear cases where a junior synonym has been widely used instead
of the correct name, the Commision *will* rule to conserve the
younger name and reject the older.  (I think they did this for
one *species* of Iguanodon, for instance).

By the way, I have a copy of the official Index of Rejected Names
and the List of Conserved Names.

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