Opinion 2440 (Case 3728) – Quetzalcoatlus northropi Lawson, 1975 (Reptilia, Pterosauria): generic and specific names ruled available with the indicated authorship

doi:10.21805/bzn.v76.a047

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Abstract

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the binomen Quetzalcoatlus northropi for a species of pterosaur that is the largest known flying organism, by ruling that both the generic name QuetzalcoatlusLawson, 1975 and specific name northropiLawson, 1975 are available and take authorship from Lawson, 1975.

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"Opinion 2440 (Case 3728) – Quetzalcoatlus northropi Lawson, 1975 (Reptilia, Pterosauria): generic and specific names ruled available with the indicated authorship," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 76(1), 155-156, (30 August 2019). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v76.a047

Published: 30 August 2019

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