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16 messages in edu.ku.nhm.mailman.taxacomDeposit of type material| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Jorge Soberon Mainero | Aug 9, 1995 7:47 pm | |
| Fred Rickson | Aug 9, 1995 8:29 pm | |
| Leonard Krishtalka | Aug 9, 1995 10:45 pm | |
| Robin Leech | Aug 9, 1995 10:59 pm | |
| Norman F. Johnson | Aug 10, 1995 8:25 am | |
| Henk Beentje | Aug 10, 1995 8:47 am | |
| Lynn Kimsey | Aug 10, 1995 9:12 am | |
| Hendrik Segers | Aug 10, 1995 9:28 am | |
| Julian Humphries | Aug 10, 1995 9:46 am | |
| Jef Veldkamp | Aug 10, 1995 11:26 am | |
| Melissa C. Winans | Aug 10, 1995 12:04 pm | |
| Mike Crisp | Aug 10, 1995 12:18 pm | |
| Atilano Contreras-Ramos | Aug 10, 1995 2:39 pm | |
| Gary Rosenberg | Aug 11, 1995 3:44 pm | |
| PennyB | Aug 14, 1995 1:36 pm | |
| Jorge Soberon Mainero | Aug 14, 1995 2:04 pm |
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| Subject: | Deposit of type material | Actions... |
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| From: | Melissa C. Winans (mcwi...@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU) | |
| Date: | Aug 10, 1995 12:04:15 pm | |
| List: | edu.ku.nhm.mailman.taxacom | |
On Thu, 10 Aug 1995, Julian Humphries wrote:
Jorge Soberon asked for comments on this statement:
"In the case that the material collected in Mexico is used to describe new species, it will be necessary for the foreign scientist to deposit part of the type material in a Mexican collection with an infrastructure that guarantees its preservation and maintenance"
.. I don't think there wil be *any* controversy over paratypes. Holotypes are more sensitive, but without respect to country of origin. These must be deposited in an institution, whether in the country of biological origin or authors affilitation, in institutions with long term infrastructure support. This may leave out all but a few universities in the USA and even smaller freestanding museums.
One thing to keep in mind is that even in "first world" countries *no* collection is really safe unless it has endowment money of its very own. Even in institutions with good records on "long term infrastructure support," the funding can dry up almost overnight if the goals of the funding institution change. I could cite a number of examples of this over the last few years in my own discipline (vertebrate paleontology), and no doubt the rest of you can for yours.
In the long run, the strategy that several have advocated of spreading the types (whether para- or holo-) among several collections probably is the best insurance against disaster, even though it admittedly does make it more of a challenge to study a given taxon.
************************************************************************ Melissa C. Winans, Collection Manager Phone: 512-471-6087 Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory Fax: 512-471-5973 J.J. Pickle Research Campus Email: mcwinans at mail.utexas.edu University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712