Paleonet: Expressing uncertainty

[Anthony Butcher]

Hi Roy,

I've always referred to the two articles by Matthews (1973) and Bengtson
(1988) - older papers, but not much changes!

https://www.palass.org/sites/default/files/media/publications/palaeontology/volume_16/vol16_part4_pp713-719.pdf

https://www.palass.org/sites/default/files/media/publications/palaeontology/volume_31/vol31_part1_pp223-227.pdf

Bengston provides a revision/discussion of Matthews, and Matthews in turn
of Richter.

All the best,

Tony.



On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 at 15:41, Plotnick, Roy E <plotnick at uic.edu> wrote:

> I have a specimen from a new locality that I can with some, but not
> complete certainty, assign to an existing species. In the Systematic
> Paleontology section of the paper, what is the best way to formally express
> this uncertainty?  Where does the “?” go?
>
>
>
> While we are it , what is the current best practice for describing
> uncertainty of identification or taxonomic placement; i.e., what is the
> modern usage of .aff, .cf, ?, sp., incertae sedis, and so on.  Is there a
> standard reference on usage?
>
> Thanks - Roy
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