• In zoological nomenclature, a nomen oblitum (plural: nomina oblita; Latin for "forgotten name") is a disused scientific name which has been declared to...
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    Megalosaurus conybeari, Ritgen, 1826 (nomen oblitum), Megalosaurus bucklandi Meyer, 1832, Scrotum humanum Brookes, 1763 (nomen oblitum) Megalosaurus bucklandi Meyer...
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  • common use. The older name may be declared to be a nomen oblitum, and the junior name declared a nomen protectum. This rule exists primarily to prevent...
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    description nomen oblitum (nom. obl.; plural: nomina oblita) – a name which has been overlooked (literally, forgotten) and is no longer valid nomen protectum...
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  • identity requiring further investigation nomen nudum, a name proposed with no description (or illustration) nomen oblitum, an obsolete name International Code...
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    Quoy & Gaimard, 1824a (nomen oblitum) Testudo nigra Quoy & Gaimard, 1824b (nomen novum) Testudo elephantopus Harlan, 1827 (nomen dubium) Testudo nigrita...
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    of Pterodactylus antiquus Pterodactylus nettecephaloides Ritgen 1826 Nomen oblitum Synonym of Aurorazhdarcho micronyx Pterodactylus macronyx Buckland 1829...
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  • densum Labill. Glossary of scientific naming Nomen dubium Nomen conservandum Nomen nudum Nomen oblitum http://www.iczn.org/iczn/index.jsp Archived 2009-05-24...
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    name will differ from any nomina nuda that describe the same specimen. Nomen oblitum (Latin for "forgotten name"): A name that has not been used in the scientific...
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    time are now considered as synonyms, including Lacertus aquatilis, a nomen oblitum published four years before Laurenti's species name. Hybrids resulting...
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    same species. The name Salticus variegatus has since been declared "nomen oblitum". The bold jumper is a member of the genus Phidippus and belongs to...
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    entirely in zoology as these names may fall in the formal category of nomen oblitum. Similarly, if the current name for a taxon is found to have an archaic...
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    Subfamily Clioinae Jeffreys, 1869 (formerly Cleodoridae Gray, 1840 - nomen oblitum) Subfamily Cuvierininae van der Spoel, 1967 (formerly : Cuvieriidae...
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  • "prevailing usage," it may be declared a nomen oblitum and rendered unavailable, while the junior homonym is preserved as a nomen protectum. For example: Cuvier...
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    be recognized as the valid name (as a nomen protectum) and Mustelis felis was invalidated (as a nomen oblitum). The specific epithet semifasciata comes...
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    Actinophrys Ehrenberg 1830 [Trichoda Müller 1773 nomen oblitum; Peritricha Bory de St.Vincent 1824 nomen dubium non Stein 1859] — 4 species. Actinophrys...
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    resolved the issue of Testudo terrestris (Fermín 1765) by declaring it a nomen oblitum (meaning that only Testudo terrestris Forsskål 1775 is valid and a synonym...
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    and was not used in the scientific literature after 1899, making it a nomen oblitum ("forgotten name") according to the ICZN, preventing it from displacing...
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    that is in use because the senior synonym or homonym has been made a nomen oblitum ("forgotten name").[citation needed] An example of a conserved name...
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    rhizophorarum Malaclemys tuberculifera Gray, 1844 (nomen oblitum) Malaclemmys littoralis rhizophorarum Fowler, 1906 (nomen protectum) Malaclemmys terrapin rhizophorarum...
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    Crotalus cinereous Le Conte in Hallowell, 1852 [nomen oblitum] Crotalus atrox Baird & Girard, 1853 [nomen protectum] Crotalus adamanteus var. atrox Jan...
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    Dolichopus lepidus was declared a nomen protectum, so it has precedence over the senior synonym Dolichopus tibialis (a nomen oblitum). Dolichopus microstigma Stackelberg...
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    1781 has been used in tens of publications since 1899, it is not a nomen oblitum. The genus name is derived from the Greek stego meaning "covered", and...
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    (zoology) Emendation (zoology) Incorrect subsequent spelling Nomen dubium Nomen nudum Nomen oblitum List of authors of names published under the ICZN International...
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    and Manospondylus gigas, in which the former became a nomen protectum and the latter a nomen oblitum due to revisions in the ICZN rules that took place on...
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    as the neotype of P. brachyspondylus, while P. giganteus became a nomen oblitum, forgotten name, as P. brachyspondylus had traditionally been given...
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    publication containing this name is lost and its genus is considered a nomen oblitum. In 1855, Hermann von Meyer supplied the name Tanystropheus conspicuus...
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    Synonyms ? Testudo mydas minor Suckow, 1758 (nomen suppressum) Chelonia multiscutata Kuhl, 1820 (nomen oblitum et suppressum) Chelonia olivacea Eschscholtz...
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    Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. Synonym: Schizostomum Schmidt, 1848 (nomen oblitum). Species: Mesostoma ehrenbergii Mesostoma tetragonum "Mesostoma Ehrenberg...
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    Astrochelys radiata (Shaw, 1802) Synonyms Testudo coui Daudin, 1801 (nomen oblitum) Testudo radiata Shaw, 1802 Psammobates radiatus Agassiz, 1857 Testudo...
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