Re: [dinosaur] *Heracles inexpectatus*, giant parrot from the Miocene of NZ

Ben Creisler
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I checked the generic name when I saw it to be sure.

The most up-to-date source for names of animals (genus and species) is this
link:

INDEX TO ORGANISM NAMES (ION)

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Even the Latin form Hercules has not be used as a generic name! (lots of
species, though)



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On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 10:26 AM Thomas Richard Holtz <[email protected]> wrote:

> Honestly aghast that there isn't a "Heracles" genus name already
>
> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 12:41 PM David Marjanovic <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Trevor H. Worthy, Suzanne J. Hand, Michael Archer, R. Paul Scofield &
>> Vanesa L. De Pietri
>> Evidence for a giant parrot from the Early Miocene of New Zealand
>> Biology Letters, published today
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__royalsocietypublishing.org_doi_10.1098_rsbl.2019.0467&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=CFYOYFRDfsswLWOoKZxeRSAOHMQzMuvBDc6U6eWW6r8&s=Hx_5cRxrFnPL560ZJq-aOYPB9cTRiaoFkrKTlsnY5zQ&e= 
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>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__doi.org_10.1098_rsbl.2019.0467&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=CFYOYFRDfsswLWOoKZxeRSAOHMQzMuvBDc6U6eWW6r8&s=1Rubf7vTV24JYDXhN1zYhJL1d0227gvUoXXByYz-kWQ&e= 
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>>
>> Abstract:
>>
>> Insular avifaunas have repeatedly spawned evolutionary novelties in the
>> form of unusually large, often flightless species. We report fossils from
>> the Early Miocene St Bathans Fauna of New Zealand that attests to the
>> former existence of a giant psittaciform, which is described as a new genus
>> and species. The fossils are two incomplete tibiotarsi from a bird with an
>> estimated mass of 7 kg, double that of the heaviest known parrot, the
>> kakapo *Strigops habroptila*. These psittaciform fossils show that
>> parrots join the growing group of avian taxa prone to giantism in insular
>> species, currently restricted to palaeognaths, anatids, sylviornithids,
>> columbids, aptornithids, ciconiids, tytonids, falconids and accipitrids.
>>
>> Apparently a meter tall. No way to tell if it was able to fly.
>>
>> At least one news report has claimed this was a predator, "possibly"
>> feeding on smaller parrots. Naturally, as there are just "two incomplete
>> tibiotarsi" known, there's not a word of this in the paper. Perhaps the
>> myth originated as a misunderstanding of this part:
>>
>> *Etymology*: The nestorid *Nelepsittacus* from the St Bathans Fauna was
>> named after Neleus. This much larger psittaciform is named after the Greek
>> Heracles, who in Latin was known as Hercules, and who killed Neleus and his
>> sons, except for Nestor. Genus gender masculine. The specific epithet
>> denotes the unexpected nature of this find.
>>
>> Indeed, Nestor, literally "the one who comes home safe", survives to this
>> day in New Zealand – *Nestor notabilis* is the kea.
>>
>> I should mention that it's *Strigops habroptilus*: ops is feminine in
>> the original Greek, but ICZN Art. 30.1.4.3
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__code.iczn.org_formation-2Dand-2Dtreatment-2Dof-2Dnames_article-2D30-2Dgender-2Dof-2Dgenus-2Dgroup-2Dnames_-23art-2D30-2D1&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=zW8MD1hCJ4F16Mm_t4OUvCjYw3620Ly4QdLdXi7b1b8&s=ZBZTeuGw2XC_q807CFrmwP3aYczR5rZDP_cS3c62XCE&e=>
>> states that "A compound genus-group name ending in -ops is to be treated as
>> masculine, regardless of its derivation or of its treatment by its author."
>> That's why we get to keep *Triceratops horridus* and *T. prorsus*, too.
>>
>> (Note that the Code is no longer hosted by nhm.ac.uk
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__nhm.ac.uk&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=mG1a8w_qRkAtcHJ92aoPAbuyKzn2TS6QRRdymg_U2vs&s=Sr_eGV4CysPldfHATjOlXTEEYVTAiE-_68LrKKnjxRM&e=>,
>> but has moved to iczn.org
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__iczn.org&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=mG1a8w_qRkAtcHJ92aoPAbuyKzn2TS6QRRdymg_U2vs&s=F-zNQZ53oJzVY_bRzUINR7BWrqILPqazlS8zY_mU8uE&e=>
>> .)
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