Paleonet: Expressing uncertainty

[Pierre & Peta Kruse]

Aagh! Why should the ? follow the taxon name, when all the others precede
it? I can't stand this inconsistency! For consistency's sake, put the ?
before the taxon name, not after it. What's so sacrosanct about *Agenus*?
*aspecies*??
Pierre

On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 at 02:23, 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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