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Alain Dubois
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
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Professor of zoology at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Specialist of the systematics of amphibians, of zoological taxonomy and nomenclature, and of biological terminology. Former Director of the herpetology laboratory of the MNHN. Former Chief Editor of “Amphibia-Reptilia” and “Alytes”. Chief Editor of “Bionomina”, Nomenclature Editor of “Zootaxa”. Large teaching experience in taxonomy and nomenclature, currently within the frame of the Distributed European School of Taxonomy.
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PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences
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Professor
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Institut Systématique, Evolution, Biodiverité (ISYEB)
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18 Nov 2015
Dear Colleagues, You wrote "The type genus of this clade, Pholidosaurus, ...", but I question the validity of this formulation. The concept of "type genus" is a nomenclarural c...