Tutorial 44: how to avoid using a preoccupied name for your new genus
The world is full of wonderful animals, both extant and extinct, and they all have names. As a result, it's fairly common for newly named animals to be given names already in use — as for example with the giant Miocene sperm whale "Leviathan" (now Livyatan). BUt there are ways to avoid walking into this problem, and in…
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