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Angolabatis nom. nov.,a replacement name for the Cretaceous genus Angolaia Antunes & Cappetta, 2002 (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes), a preoccupied name.
Published online: 10/15/06
Keywords:
Angola; Campanian/Maastrichtian; homonymy; Hypsobatidae; nomen novum; Rajiformes
https://doi.org/10.18563/pv.34.e13
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Miguel T. Antunes and Henri Cappetta, 2006. Angolabatis nom. nov.,a replacement name for the Cretaceous genus Angolaia Antunes & Cappetta, 2002 (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes), a preoccupied name. PalaeoVertebrata 34 (1-2): 27-28. doi: 10.18563/pv.34.e13
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Abstract
In 2002, Antunes & Cappetta published several new taxa (genera and species) in a paper on Cretaceous elasmobranch faunas from Angola. One of the new genera was named Angolaia (Rajiformes, Hypsobatidae; type-species: Angolaia benguelaensis Antunes & Cappetta, 2002, Late Campanian/Early Maastrichtian of Angola). Recently, Dr. Christian Kammerer kindly informed us that the genus Angolaia was preoccupied by a cicadellid homoptere (Insecta), published by Linnavuori & Al-Ne'amy, 1983. So, according to mIes of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999, articles 52, 60) this name became unavailable. Consequently, the Rajiformes genus Angolaia is a junior homonym, invalid and must be rejected. In replacement, we propose the new name Angolabatis.
Published in Vol. 34, Fasc. 1-2 (2006)
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ICZN (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature). 1999. - International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, 4th Edition: 1-306.
LINNAVUORI, R. & AL-NE'AMY, K. , 1983. - Revision of the African Cicadellidae (subfamily Selenocephalinae) (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha). Acta Zoologica Fennica, 168: 1-105
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