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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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
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