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Nature 446, 102 (1 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/nature05639

A Mesozoic gliding mammal from northeastern China

Jin Meng, Yaoming Hu, Yuanqing Wang, Xiaolin Wang & Chuankui Li

Nature 444, 889–893 (2006)

Of the binomen Volaticotherium antiquus established for a Mesozoic gliding mammal discovered from northeastern China, the termination of the trivial name should have a neuter suffix to agree with the gender of the generic name1. The species name is therefore corrected to Volaticotherium antiquum.

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Reference

  1. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature 4th edn (International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, The Natural History Museum, London, 1999)

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