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- Title
Fossil reptiles mired in controversy.
- Authors
Dalton, Rex
- Abstract
The article focuses on the controversy over the naming of an ancient armoured reptile aetosaurs. Doctoral students from the U.S. and Poland have accused scientists at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science of pilfering their research. The accusation concerns the three articles released by the Museum that were authored by museum director Spencer Lucas, former director Adrian Hunt, and their co-authors. According to the students, the authors have described a different aetosaurs in their articles and proceeded to name the reptile despipte knowing that another scientist is in the process of publishing an article naming the species. Meanwhile, the authors deny the allegations by saying that they have no knowledge that another scientist is in the process of naming the reptile.
- Subjects
NEW Mexico; ZOOLOGICAL nomenclature; IDENTIFICATION of animals; ANIMAL species; ZOOLOGICAL museums; ARCHAEOLOGICAL museums &; collections; LUCAS, Spencer; HUNT, Adrian; NATURAL history; ARCHAEOLOGICAL controversies
- Publication
Nature, 2008, Vol 451, Issue 7178, p510
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/451510a