Re: [dinosaur] "Yunyangosaurus" is not available

["David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

Oh, that's a fun one. Was the abstract volume published, so it does not 
constitute "materials issued primarily to participants at meetings" (Art. 
9.10), and if so, was it published in 1937? Abstracts that are distributed 
widely enough do count as published, even today; even unintentional publication 
of available names is still possible, though it's less easy than it used to be.

Before its amendment in 2012, Recommendation 9A used to read: "_Authors to 
avoid unintentional publication in abstracts._ Authors submitting abstracts of 
conference papers primarily for issue to participants, should ensure that names 
and acts affecting zoological nomenclature in such works are not liable to 
unintended publication. They should ensure that volumes of abstracts contain 
appropriate disclaimers [Art. 8.2]." The amended version is: "_Avoidance of new 
names and acts in meeting abstracts._ Authors should not include new names and 
nomenclatural acts in abstracts of papers or posters to be presented at 
meetings. This avoids the appearance that they are published and prevents 
inadvertent publication if the abstracts are widely distributed. (For 
disclaimer of abstracts volumes, see Recommendation 8G.)"

Gesendet:ÂDienstag, 28. Januar 2020 um 21:12 Uhr
Von:Â"Brad McFeeters" <archosauromorph2@hotmail.com>

> The genus Parksosaurus was named in an abstract (Sternberg 1937). Is it 
> technically not available either?