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Re: Andesaurus redescribed

The Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society may be a bit obscure in comparison to some journals, well most journals, but it's been going since the 1870s. It happens to be based in an area packed with fossil localities as well as being rich in archaeological sites. The paleontological and historical interest and significance of stuff found in that area are seriously unusual. 

Publications of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society
http://research.dorsetcountymuseum.org/
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at> 
To: "DML" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 11:43 PM
Subject: Re: Andesaurus redescribed



 *Duriatitan* isn't a nomen nudum, just relatively obscure. The full
 citation has been on Wikipedia for a few months (there doesn't seem
 to have an electronic version of the actual paper, unfortunately).
 Barrett, PM, RJB Benson & P Upchurch, 2010. Dinosaurs of Dorset: Part
 II, the sauropod dinosaurs (Saurischia, Sauropoda) with additional
 comments on the theropods. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History
 and Archaeological Society 131: 113–126.
Isn't this the kind of thing that puts traditional publishing of scientific papers ad absurdum and then heaps mockery on it?
I mean, is anybody seriously expected to get that article by any other means than asking the authors for a pdf or reprint? Will anybody buy that journal for that article? Will anybody outside of Dorset even be able to find it in a library and take a photocopy? Will the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society make a single penny from it, let alone break even?
I guess the Proceedings don't have page charges for authors, while the PLoS journals charge a lot. I further guess the Proceedings are circulated just widely enough to count as published for the ICZN...