ABSTRACT

The foraminifer Pytine Moncharmont Zei and Sgarella, 1978 is a homonym of the trilobite genus Pytine Fortey, 1975. Moncharmontzeiana is proposed as a replacement name for the foraminiferal genus.

R. Timothy Patterson. Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre and Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada. 

KEY WORDS: Foraminifera, Trilobita, genus, homonym

PE Article Number: 13.2.10A
Copyright: Paleontological Society July 2008
Submission: 4 November 2009. Acceptance: 18 April 2010