Re: Arambourgiania citation

["Jerry D. Harris" <jharris@dixie.edu>]

> The taxon _Arambourgiania_ was used by Nessov & Jarkov (1989) to replace 
> _Titanopteryx_ according to Martill et al. (1998). Maybe your Nessov & 
> Borkin (1989) should really by Nessov & Jarkov (1989). References below:
>
> Nessov, L.A. & Jarkov, A.A., 1989. New Cretaceous-Paleogene birds of the 
> USSR and some remarks on the origin and evolution of the class Aves. Proc. 
> Zoological Inst., Leningrad, USSR Acad. Sci., v. 197, p. 78-97. (in 
> Russian).

   This paper only parenthetically refers to the issue (p. 85; again in 
Russian so I don't know what is says verbatim) while apparently discussing 
the provenance of & associated taxa found with _Volgavis_, but it does use 
"_Arambougiania_ Ness.," implying that the name was erected by Nessov 
_prior_ to Nessov & Jarkov 1989.  The only way I could see Nessov & Jarkov 
being the proper first use of the name would be if the mystery Nessov paper 
were submitted well in advance of Nessov & Jarkov '89 but, for whatever 
reasons, was held up in publication until _after_ the 1989 paper came out. 
Possible, but since the one or two 1987 papers I mentioned in the earlier 
message are also cited elsewhere, it seems that the name does predate Nessov 
& Jarkov 1989.

    Martill et al cite the Nessov & Jarkov 1989 paper as indicating that 
the preoccupation of _Titanopteryx_ was noted by them in that paper, citing 
Zherikin, but that must have been a personal communication because no 
Zherikin paper is cited by either Nessov & Jarkov or by Martill et al.

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