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THE letter of your correspondent “ R. L. + E.” somewhat misses the issue raised in the passage to which he refers. In that passage the question was not raised whether or no we are right in making family names from the inflected form of the generic ones, the sole contention being for uniformity in this respect. Thus, if we are right in making Rhizodontidæ (and not Rhizodidæ) from Rhizodus, we clearly ought to have Osteolepididæ (and not osteolepidæ) from osteolepis, both these generic names being precisely analogous compounds. If, on the other hand, your correspondent is right in saying that we should regard all such names as adjectival, then we ought at once to abolish family names like Macoropididæ, Dasypodidæ, Octodontidæ, &c., in favour of Macropidæ, Dasypidæ, and Octodidæ.
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L., R. Osteolepidæ. Nature 41, 342 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/041342c0
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