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Case 3506: Allosaurus Marsh, 1877 (Dinosauria, Theropoda): proposed conservation of usage by designation of a neotype for its type species Allosaurus fragilis Marsh, 1877

GS Paul, K Carpenter, , “Case 3506: Allosaurus Marsh, 1877 (Dinosauria, Theropoda): proposed conservation of usage by designation of a neotype for its type species Allosaurus fragilis Marsh, 1877”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 67, pp. 53–56, 2010.

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Comment 3506-1: Conservation of Allosaurus Marsh, 1877 (Dinosauria, Theropoda): additional data in support of the proposed neotype for its type species Allosaurus fragilis Marsh, 1877

Matthew T. Carrano, Mark A. Loewen, Serjoscha W. Evers, “Comment 3506-1: Conservation of Allosaurus Marsh, 1877 (Dinosauria, Theropoda): additional data in support of the proposed neotype for its type species Allosaurus fragilis Marsh, 1877”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.

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Comment 3506-2: Support for USNM 4734 being designated as the neotype specimen of Allosaurus fragilis Marsh, 1877
(Dinosauria, Theropoda)

Chan-gyu Yun, “Comment 3506-2: Support for USNM 4734 being designated as the neotype specimen of Allosaurus fragilis Marsh, 1877
(Dinosauria, Theropoda)”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 76, pp. , 2019.

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Opinion 2486: Opinion 2486 (Case 3506) – Allosaurus Marsh, 1877 (Dinosauria, Theropoda):  usage conserved by designation of a neotype for its type species Allosaurus  fragilis Marsh, 1877

“Opinion 2486: Opinion 2486 (Case 3506) – Allosaurus Marsh, 1877 (Dinosauria, Theropoda):  usage conserved by designation of a neotype for its type species Allosaurus  fragilis Marsh, 1877”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 80, pp. 65-68, 2023.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to conserve the  usage of the name  Allosaurus  Marsh, 1877, by designating specimen USNM 4734 as the neotype to replace  the nondiagnostic holotype (YPM 1930) of  Allosaurus fragilis  Marsh, 1877. In their comment supporting....

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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 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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