Status of Agustinia

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The name Augustia is a nomen nudum, because Jose Bonaparte's 1998 paper that proposed this name was only one page long. Therefore, Augustia Bonaparte, 1998 is not considered pre-occupied.

Curry rogers (2005) confirms the placement of agustinia within Titanosauria.

K. A. Curry Rogers. 2005. Titanosauria: a phylogenetic overview. In J. A. Wilson & K. A. Curry Rogers (eds.), The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology. University of California Press, Berkeley 50-103

Does the beetle really have anything to do with the name?

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Is there any evidence that the name "Augustia" was changed to Agustinia because of Augustia? It's named after a person named Agustin, so one would assume Agustinia would have been the intended name all along. I haven't been able to find the conference abstract in which the name "Augustia" allegedly appears; assuming that it does appear in the abstract, is there any reason to assume it isn't just a typo for the intended name Agustinia? Ornithopsis (talk) 15:42, 17 August 2024 (UTC)Reply