NOMENCLATURE STATEMENT

Palaeontologia Electronica is published simultaneously on the World Wide Web (ISSN 1094-8074; http://palaeo-electronica.org) on CD-ROM (ISSN 1532-3056) and in print. The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) (4th edition, 1999, Article 9.8) and the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) (St. Louis Code, 1999, Article 29.1) stipulate that material distributed by electronic signals (such as on the World Wide Web) is, for purposes of formal nomenclature, unpublished. However, the CD-ROM issue of Palaeontologia Electronica, to be deposited at a minimum of five archive libraries, provides a permanent record that meets the requirements of the ICZN (Article 8.6) for valid and effective publication. The new version of the ICBN (Vienna Code, in press, Article 30A.2) requires that a paper copy be lodged at a number of recognized repositories accessible to the general botanical community, including a name-indexing center appropriate to the taxonomic group. To meet this requirement, print copies of each issue of Palaeontologia Electronica will be deposited at ten archive libraries, and will accompany copies of the archived CD-ROMs. Interested parties may obtain additional copies of the archive CD from Coquina Press. The articles in the CD-ROM version are identical to those in the Web version, while the articles in the print version will appear in greyscale and only include static images. Articles in all three media will have the same issue date. Despite the identical content, the ICZN recommends that formal nomenclatural citations should be made to the CD-ROM edition because of the inalterability of that medium. For the ICBN, formal nomenclatural citations must be made to the print versions of Palaeontologia Electronica.

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