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Case 3700: Diplodocus Marsh, 1878 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda): proposed designation of D. carnegii Hatcher, 1901 as the type species

Emanuel Tschopp, Octávio Mateus, “Case 3700: Diplodocus Marsh, 1878 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda): proposed designation of D. carnegii Hatcher, 1901 as the type species”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. , 2016.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 78.1 and 81.1 of the Code, is to replace Diplodocus longus Marsh, 1878 as the type species of the sauropod dinosaur genus Diplodocus by the much better represented D. carnegii Hatcher, 1901, due to the undiagnosable state....

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Opinion 2425: Diplodocus Marsh, 1878 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda): Diplodocus longus Marsh, 1878 maintained as the type species

ICZN, “Opinion 2425: Diplodocus Marsh, 1878 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda): Diplodocus longus Marsh, 1878 maintained as the type species”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its plenary power to replace the type species of the sauropod dinosaur genus Diplodocus Marsh, 1878 with D. carnegii Hatcher, 1901.

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Case 3794: Megalosaurus crenatissimus Deperet, 1896 (currently Majungasaurus crenatissimus) (Dinosauria, Theropoda): request to set aside Opinion 2269 and replace the neotype with a lectotype

Chan-gyu Yun, “Case 3794: Megalosaurus crenatissimus Deperet, 1896 (currently Majungasaurus crenatissimus) (Dinosauria, Theropoda): request to set aside Opinion 2269 and replace the neotype with a lectotype”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature,

Noticed in BZN 76 (30 April 2019): 2. Closed in BZN 76 (20 December 2019): 207.

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Case 3795: Kryptops palaios Sereno & Brusatte, 2008 (Dinosauria, Abelisauridae): proposed conservation of usage by the designation of a lectotype

Chan-gyu Yun, “Case 3795: Kryptops palaios Sereno & Brusatte, 2008 (Dinosauria, Abelisauridae): proposed conservation of usage by the designation of a lectotype”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature,

Noticed in BZN 76 (30 April 2019): 2. Closed in BZN 76 (30 August 2019): 165.

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Case 3797: Torvosaurus Galton & Jenson, 1979 (Dinosauria, Theropoda): proposed conservation of usage by designation of a neotype for its type species Torvosaurus tanneri Galton & Jenson, 1979.

Chan-gyu Yun, “Case 3797: Torvosaurus Galton & Jenson, 1979 (Dinosauria, Theropoda): proposed conservation of usage by designation of a neotype for its type species Torvosaurus tanneri Galton & Jenson, 1979.”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature,

Noticed in BZN 76 (30 August 2019): 98. Closed in BZN 77 (30 July 2020): 112.

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Case 3803: Coelosaurus Leidy, 1865 (Dinosauria, Theropoda) and Ischyrosaurus Hulke, 1874 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda): proposed conservation by suppression of Coelosaurus Owen, 1854 and Ischyrosaurus Cope, 1869

Vahe D. Demirjian, “Case 3803: Coelosaurus Leidy, 1865 (Dinosauria, Theropoda) and Ischyrosaurus Hulke, 1874 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda): proposed conservation by suppression of Coelosaurus Owen, 1854 and Ischyrosaurus Cope, 1869”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature,

Noticed in BZN 76 (30 Aug 2019): 98. Closed in BZN 76 (20 December 2019): 207.

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Case 3815: Tyrannosauridae Osborn, 1906 (Dinosauria, Theropoda): proposed conservation by reversal of precedence of Deinodontidae Cope, 1866 and Dryptosauridae Marsh, 1890

Chan-gyu Yun, “Case 3815: Tyrannosauridae Osborn, 1906 (Dinosauria, Theropoda): proposed conservation by reversal of precedence of Deinodontidae Cope, 1866 and Dryptosauridae Marsh, 1890”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 77, pp. , 2020.

Noticed in BZN 76 (20 Dec 2019): 166. The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve at both the family and superfamily level the widely used family-group name Tyrannosauridae (-oidea) Osborn, 1906 (Dinosauria, Theropoda), which is threatened by its senior....

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Case 3822: Suchomimus tenerensis Sereno et al., 1998 (Dinosauria, Theropoda): proposed conservation by reversal of precedence with Cristatusaurus lapparenti Taquet & Russell, 1998

Chan-gyu Yun, “Case 3822: Suchomimus tenerensis Sereno et al., 1998 (Dinosauria, Theropoda): proposed conservation by reversal of precedence with Cristatusaurus lapparenti Taquet & Russell, 1998”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature,

Noticed in BZN 77: 78 on 30 July 2020.

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Case 3825: Coloradisaurus Bonaparte in Lambert, 1983 (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha): proposed availability of generic name, and D. Lambert (1983) A Field Guide to Dinosaurs: proposed availability for nomenclatural purposes

Tyler Greenfield, Gunnar Bivens, André Fonseca, “Case 3825: Coloradisaurus Bonaparte in Lambert, 1983 (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha): proposed availability of generic name, and D. Lambert (1983) A Field Guide to Dinosaurs: proposed availability for nomenclatural purposes”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature,

Noticed in BZN 77: 78 on 30 July 2020. Closed in BZN 77 (30 July 2020): 112.

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