ICZN

Proper noun

Meaning

Initialism of International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.

Initialism of International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.

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Examples

According to the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), the system that governs the scientific naming of animals, Manospondylus gigas should therefore have priority over Tyrannosaurus rex, because it was named first. Source: Internet

In zoological code (ICZN), the second part of the name is a "specific name", or in the botanical code (ICN) a "specific epithet". Source: Internet

For names governed by the ICZN the surname is usually written in full together with the date (normally only the year) of publication. Source: Internet

The ICZN does not require that the name of the person who changed the genus be given, nor the date on which the change was made, although nomenclatorial catalogs usually include such information. Source: Internet

To address this situation, Gregory S. Paul and Kenneth Carpenter (2010) submitted a petition to the ICZN to have the name "A. Source: Internet

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