Re: PalArch April issue

[dml_moser@web.de]

Brian Beatty wrote:

[...]
> In the Vertebrate Palaeontology Series we have one new paper published 
> online. The official (printed and CD format for nomenclatural purposes) of 
> this paper will be July 1, 2006, but we have decided to print an early online 
> edition because the July 06 issue will be VERY big.

> Kaddumi, H.F. 2006. A new genus and species of gigantic marine turtles 
> (Chelonioidea: Cheloniidae) from the Maastrichtian of the Harrana 
> Fauna-Jordan. - PalArch, series vertebrate palaeontology 2, 1: 1-14. 
> www.PalArch.nl <http://www.palarch.nl/>  
> 
[...]

In the cited article one will find on page 13 the following line in italics:

"To comply with Article 8.6 of the International Code of Zoological 
Nomenclature, this journal is deposited in ten archival libraries and is also 
available in CD format from www.PalArch.nl."

Am I correct in interpreting the above statements (email & pdf) to the effect 
that the journal is deposited in printed form in 10 unidentified libraries?

Art. 8.6. of the said Code states:

"For a work produced after 1999 by a method other than printing on paper to be 
accepted as published within the meaning of the Code, it must contain a 
statement that copies (IN THE FORM IN WHICH IT IS PUBLISHED) have been 
deposited in at least 5 major publicly accessible libraries WHICH ARE 
IDENTIFIED BY NAME IN THE WORK ITSELF." [original text with my upper case 
lettering].

As PalArch Papers in Vertebrate Paleontology as of today do not fulfill the 
criteria for valid publication, "Gigantatypus salahi" is and will remain 
unavailable for nomenclatural purposes.

Hopefully this issue can be fixed, soon.


Sincerely

Markus Moser

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Dr. Markus Moser
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Stuttgart
Museum am Loewentor 
Rosenstein 1
D-70191 Stuttgart
Germany