Massospondylus carinatus Owen 1854 (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Lower Jurassic of South Africa: Proposed conservation of the usage by designation of a neotype

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dc.contributor.authorYates, Adam M.
dc.contributor.authorBarrett, Paul M.
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-18T07:41:27Z
dc.date.available2014-02-18T07:41:27Z
dc.date.issued2010-12
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this article is to preserve the usage of the binomen Massospondylus carinatus by designating a neotype specimen. Massospondylus is the most abundant basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic strata of southern Africa. This taxon forms the basis for an extensive palaeobiological literature and is the eponym of Massospondylidae and the nominal taxon of a biostratigraphical unit in current usage, the ‘Massospondylus Range Zone’. The syntype series of M. carinatus (five disarticulated and broken vertebrae) was destroyed during World War II, but plaster casts and illustrations of the material survive. Nonetheless, these materials cannot act as type material for this taxon under the rules of the ICZN Code. In order to avoid nomenclatural instability, we hereby designate BP/1/4934 (a skull and largely complete postcranial skeleton) as the neotype of Massospondylus carinatus.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0078-8554
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net10539/13820
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherBernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, University of the Witwatersranden_ZA
dc.subjectDinosauriaen_ZA
dc.subjectSauropodomorphaen_ZA
dc.subjectMassospondylidaeen_ZA
dc.subjectMassospondylusen_ZA
dc.subjectMassospondylus carinatusen_ZA
dc.subjectneotypeen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectupper Elliot Formationen_ZA
dc.subjectEarly Jurassicen_ZA
dc.titleMassospondylus carinatus Owen 1854 (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Lower Jurassic of South Africa: Proposed conservation of the usage by designation of a neotypeen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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