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(087–090) Proposal to treat the use of a hyphen in the name of a fossil‐genus as an orthographical error
Author(s) -
Anderson Heidi,
Batten David J.,
Cantrill David J.,
Cleal Christopher,
Feist-Burkhardt Susanne,
Fensome Robert A.,
Head Martin J.,
Herendeen Patrick S.,
Jaramillo Carlos,
Kvaček Jiří,
McLoughlin Stephen,
Skog Judith E.,
Takahashi Masamichi,
Wicander Reed
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.12705/644.31
Subject(s) - archaeology , geography , environmental ethics , art history , history , philosophy
We propose modifications to the Code such that use of a hyphen in the name of a fossil-genus is treated as an error to be corrected by deletion of the hyphen. This will circumvent the need to conserve the numerous de-hyphenated names against unused hyphenated forms. We propose changes to Art. 60 of the Code to allow this correction, and the addition of a phrase in Art. 20 to add clarity to the naming of fossil-genera.