Open myrmoteras opened 2 weeks ago
One remark here: the links to the stats that @myrmoteras included above show the treatments listed in #178 , and thus does not include the "(Many)" treatments listed under "Animalia/Tyrannosaurus_rex — Osborn, 1905" ... since these seem to be correct, that should not be a problem, just wanted to make it clear.
Another thing that has me utterly baffled is this treatment: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/html/6D5B047F403546462FE8FA8CFA0712EB It has "Aublysodon mirandus Leidy, 1868" as its taxon, looking like the original combination it likely is, also citing "Aublysodon mirandus Leidy, 1868" in the same way. However, the treatment citation right below the latter one reads "Aublysodon mirandus (LEIDY) Cope, 1869", as if "Aublysodon mirandus" wasn't the original combination, and "Leidy" was the author of whatever is the basionym of that combination ...
So, why is "Aublysodon mirandus" cited in two different ways here, more importantly, giving the authority in two different and contradictory ways? Thanks for some insight ...
@nleanba @flsimoes @gsautter @millerjeremya @retog @jugiora
Following our discussion yesterday and the followup with Guido, here is the proposed way to resolve the authorities.
baseAuthorityName
is used for new combinationsauthorityName
is used for new species or augmentation of species that are in the original combination