Re: [dinosaur] Parirau, new pterosaur from Late Cretaceous of New Zealand (free pdf)

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I'm pretty relaxed about this. No, the ICZN doesn't recognise it. But a=0Ap=
reprint is a great placeholder until the actual paper comes out. If Bill=0A=
Parker had done something similar with *Heliocanthus*, it's unlikely Lucas=
=0Aet al. would have scooped his taxon with their name * Rioarribasuchus.*=
=0A=0A-- Mike.=0A=0A=0AOn Sat, 21 Dec 2019 at 23:04, <tgreenfield999@gmail.=
com> wrote:=0A=0A> Since this is a preprint on a website made for hosting m=
anuscripts and not=0A> published in a peer-reviewed journal, I don=E2=80=99=
t think this constitutes a=0A> valid naming. The author should have known b=
etter than to attempt to name a=0A> new taxon in a preprint.=0A>=0A>=0A> On=
 Dec 21, 2019, at 4:42 PM, Ben Creisler <[email protected]> wrote:=0A>=0A=
>=0A> Ben Creisler=0A> [email protected]=0A>=0A> A new paper with free pd=
f:=0A>=0A> Parirau ataroa gen. et sp. nov.=0A>=0A> Carlos Albuquerque (2019=
)=0A> A Late Cretaceous Lonchodectid?=0A> bioRxiv (preprint)=0A> doi: https=
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,he=
lvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I&#39;m pretty relaxed about this. No, =
the ICZN doesn&#39;t recognise it. But a preprint is a great placeholder un=
til the actual paper comes out. If Bill Parker had done something similar w=
ith <i>Heliocanthus</i>, it&#39;s unlikely Lucas et al. would have scooped =
his taxon with their name <i>   <i>Rioarribasuchus.</i></i></div><div class=
=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-siz=
e:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,=
helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">-- Mike.</div><div class=3D"gmail_def=
ault" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>=
</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_=
attr">On Sat, 21 Dec 2019 at 23:04, &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:tgreenfield999@gm=
ail.com">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rg=
b(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">Since this is a preprint=
 on a website made for hosting manuscripts and not published in a peer-revi=
ewed journal, I don=E2=80=99t think this constitutes a valid naming. The au=
thor should have known better than to attempt to name a new taxon in a prep=
rint.<br><br><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On Dec 21, 2019, at 4:42 PM, Ben Creisler=
 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">bcreisler@gma=
il.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"lt=
r"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div>Ben Creisler</div><div><a href=3D"mailto:bcrei=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a></div><div><br></d=
iv><div>A new paper with free pdf:</div><div><br></div><div>Parirau ataroa =
gen. et sp. nov.</div><div><br>Carlos Albuquerque (2019)<br>A Late Cretaceo=
us Lonchodectid?<br>bioRxiv (preprint)<br>doi: <a href=3D"https://urldefens=
e.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__doi.org_10.1101_2019.12.17.879783&amp=
;d=3DDwMFaQ&amp;c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&amp;r=3DRy_=
mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&amp;m=3DQOQCxp-sYvwb64kABSdwuvLjUW=
ljmzybVGCZsgcmwyg&amp;s=3Dni9l_XTq7NG7SE-qZ2M6dBFZFf6Ij6X6-oSRmmVwkR4&amp;e=
=3D" target=3D"_blank">https://doi.org/10.1101/2019.12.17.879783</a><br><a =
href=3D"https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__www.biorxiv.=
org_content_10.1101_2019.12.17.879783v1&amp;d=3DDwMFaQ&amp;c=3DclK7kQUTWtAV=
EOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&amp;r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1C=
YJgFW9SI&amp;m=3DQOQCxp-sYvwb64kABSdwuvLjUWljmzybVGCZsgcmwyg&amp;s=3D1lG-zj=
jf56T-UOiCALJd39zlJGaT_uoqaIoNq1Dii6o&amp;e=3D" target=3D"_blank">https://w=
ww.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2019.12.17.879783v1</a></div><div><br>Free p=
df:<br><a href=3D"https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__ww=
w.biorxiv.org_content_10.1101_2019.12.17.879783v1.full.pdf&amp;d=3DDwMFaQ&a=
mp;c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&amp;r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Y=
l9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&amp;m=3DQOQCxp-sYvwb64kABSdwuvLjUWljmzybVGCZsgc=
mwyg&amp;s=3DefJaXjvaiYiSm3nZPtbbVC4o3F7UH_ZPxegFk_2o3AI&amp;e=3D" target=
=3D"_blank">https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2019.12.17.879783v1.ful=
l.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div><br>A pterosaur ulnar specimen (NZMS CD =
467) from the Mangahouanga Stream of New Zealand s North Island has been fi=
rst described by Wiffen et al 1988. Assumed to belong to a Santanadactylus-=
like pterosaur, this taxon has not since been extensively described, with o=
nly a few tentative claims that it represents an azhdarchid. Here, I re-exa=
mine the specimen and compare it to other pterodactyloid taxa, noting pecul=
iar features such as its plug-like (obdurate) ulnar end. Christened Parirau=
 ataroa, this taxon is found to be a lonchodectid, which alongside the Nort=
h American Navajodactylus boerei extends this clade into the world s younge=
st pterosaur faunas.<br><br></div></div>
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