[D] Sauraechmodon [nG]
Describer
Falconer, 1861
Classification
Nomen Nudem
Fall Under
Echinodon becklessi
Info
Genus
Echinodon becklessi (Owen, 1861) > Sauraechmodon (Falconer, 1861)
The original name for Echinodon was supposed to be Sauraechmodon, suggested by Hugh Falconer to Richard Owen. Owen misspelled this as \\\"Sauraechinodon\\\", then discarded the \\\"saura\\\" part as too cumbersome when he created Echinodon.
Falconer was irritated by this mishandling of the name he had suggested and wrote a short letter in which he published the original version of his name, namely Sauraechmodon, remarking that he would never have suggested the \\\"barbarism\\\" Sauraechinodon for a generic name as Owen had stated. Thus: Sauraechinodon, being merely a misspelling of Sauraechmodon.
Falconer, 1861
Classification
Nomen Nudem
Fall Under
Echinodon becklessi
Info
Genus
Echinodon becklessi (Owen, 1861) > Sauraechmodon (Falconer, 1861)
The original name for Echinodon was supposed to be Sauraechmodon, suggested by Hugh Falconer to Richard Owen. Owen misspelled this as \\\"Sauraechinodon\\\", then discarded the \\\"saura\\\" part as too cumbersome when he created Echinodon.
Falconer was irritated by this mishandling of the name he had suggested and wrote a short letter in which he published the original version of his name, namely Sauraechmodon, remarking that he would never have suggested the \\\"barbarism\\\" Sauraechinodon for a generic name as Owen had stated. Thus: Sauraechinodon, being merely a misspelling of Sauraechmodon.