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Zoological nomenclature: Suggestions to increase stability and facilitate the naming of Clades

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  • 1. Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales COCIBA, Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva, Campus Cumbayá, Casilla Postal 17-1200-841, Quito 170901, Ecuador.
  • 2. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA. trueb@ku.edu; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1356-2283

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Guayasamin, Juan M., Trueb, Linda (2020): Zoological nomenclature: Suggestions to increase stability and facilitate the naming of Clades. Zootaxa 4820 (1): 186-194, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.1.10

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