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A review of the nomenclature of Gigantopteris
Author(s) -
Doweld Alexander B.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.12705/625.4
Subject(s) - homonym (biology) , nomenclature , genus , paleozoic , zoology , biology , geography , taxonomy (biology) , paleontology
The nomenclature of the Upper Palaeozoic fossil genus Gigantopteris is reviewed. The authorship of Gigantopteris is determined to be H.T. Geyler, who published the name as a replacement name for the illegitimate later homonym, Megalopteris A. Schenk.
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