Talk:Tusoteuthis

Enchoteuthis?
With the publication of a recent paper,
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Tusoteuthis → Enchoteuthis – With the publication of a recent paper,<ref name="fuchsetal2020"/ it seems that Tusoteuthis might be a nomen dubium, and Enchoteuthis, which was named later than Tusoteuthis, may be the valid name. This does not appear to have been picked up as of yet, and it may be somewhat controversial, so I'm putting in a move request.

– Borophagus (talk) 13:52, 5 March 2021 (UTC) Borophagus (talk) 10:38, 10 March 2021 (UTC) —Relisting. ~  Aseleste  (t, e &#124; c, l) 00:41, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose This is a well-cited article, I don't think that one paper can overturn what all the other references are saying. 162.208.168.92 (talk) 19:06, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * But the given references are just going along with the consensus of their time, which was Tusoteuthis being valid because nobody really checked (or officiated) whether the name was even viable based on taxonomic rules. The new source simply made that check and found that the taxon isn't following the rules, so this can only be disputed in a future study that argues that the type specimen is indeed rule-abiding (which is unlikely IMO). Macrophyseter &#124; talk  21:32, 26 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Comment Given how the holotype is described I doubt that the declaration of Tusoteuthis as a nomen dubium will be challenged in the future. However, it's important to remember that this does not necessarily mean that Enchoteuthis is the "correct name" but rather the authors argue that many of the more complete fossils traditionally attributed to Tusoteuthis better align with Enchoteuthis. In other words, the holotype wasn't reidentified, just diagnostically meaningless. I would personally wait for more papers on the taxonomic issue that follow-up the situation before making a conclusive opinion on merging/renaming, but for now I recommend creating Enchoteuthis as a separate article page, adapting the non-taxonomic contents of this article there, and editing this article is that it reflects the taxon's dubious status. Macrophyseter &#124; talk  21:24, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I think that's probably the best course of action for now, now that some additional points have been made. I'll try and get to work on a separate Enchoteuthis article now, I think.Borophagus (talk) 08:56, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

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