The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its plenary power to conserve the genus-group name Halitherium Kaup, 1838 and the specific name of its type species, Pugmeodon schinzii Kaup, 1838 (currently Halitherium schinzii), by designating a neotype for this nominal species.
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31 December 2024
Opinion 2515 (Case 3829) – Halitherium Kaup, 1838 and Halitherium schinzii (Kaup, 1838) (Mammalia, Sirenia): conservation of usage by designation of a neotype for Halitherium schinzii not approved
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conservation
Halitherium
homonymy
Mammalia
neotype
nomenclature
not approved