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Type specimens in modern ornithology are necessary and irreplaceable.
Peterson, A. Townsend
Peterson, A. Townsend
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Recent years have seen a series of new species descriptions in which no type specimen or fragmentary type specimen material was provided as documentation. These descriptions have been controversial, but the Code of Zoological Nomenclature makes clear that such nondiagnostic types are not acceptable specimen documentation. A more appropriate approach is documentation of the discovery, but without formal naming of the species, until suitable specimen documentation can be assembled.
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2014-04-23
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Bio One
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Description, Documentation, New Species, Type Specimen
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Peterson, A. Townsend. "Type specimens in modern ornithology are necessary and irreplaceable." The Auk 131(3):282-286. 2014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1642/AUK-13-204.1