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Re: New papers in Geobios (and nomenclatoral gripe)

Jaime A. Headden wrote:

So, if a type specimen is NOT viable for a species, if one is loathe to treat
it as a nomen dubium, one can redesignate the type to a more equitable
specimen.

Exactly how does this work? Do you redesignate to a lectotype (since the type is not lost)? Or a neotype?

Colin