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Ubinates, a new name for the genus Aethotaxis Baesemann, 1973 (Vertebrata, Conodonta) preoccupied by Aethotaxis Dewitt, 1962 (Vertebrata, Osteichtyes)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

John Baesemann  and
Mark Purnell
John Baesemann
Affiliation:
1400 River Edge Blvd., Kent, OH 44240, USA
Mark Purnell
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
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Baesemann (1973) erected the genus Aethotaxis to accommodate morphologically distinctive conodont elements from the Pennsylvanian (Missourian) of northeastern Kansas. By chance we have recently discovered that the name is preoccupied by a notothenioid perciform fish Aethotaxis DeWitt, 1962. Thus, in accordance with Article 60 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1999), we propose the name Ubinates nomen novum as a replacement for Aethotaxis Baesemann, 1973, not Aethotaxis DeWitt, 1962. Ubinates derives from the Latin ubi, meaning where (interrogative), and nates, meaning rump; this refers to the fact that it is not known which, if any, of the elements presently assigned to species of Ubinates occupied the posterior positions in the apparatus. The type species of Ubinates is U. advena by original designation (Baesemann, 1973).

Type
Paleontological Note
Information
Journal of Paleontology , Volume 74 , Issue 3 , May 2000 , pp. 544
Copyright
Copyright © The Paleontological Society 2000

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