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Taxonomic synonymy, what is it and why?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

I. G. Sohn
I. G. Sohn*
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U.S. Geological Survey (Retired), and Research Associate, Paleobiology, Room E-308, MRC-137, National Museum Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560
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During the 1991 ostracodologists' symposium in Australia, I heard a young man in the seat across the aisle tell his companion, “I hope that my new species will never be placed in synonymy.” I turned to him and explained that there is neither shame nor crime in having a species placed in synonymy by another scientist.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 68 , Issue 3 , May 1994 , pp. 669 - 670
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