Proper noun
Initialism of International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.
Initialism of International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAccording 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