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... that while the only fossil of Allenbya holmesae was found by Beverley Burlingame, the new species was named for her mother instead? Source: Archibald & Cannings (2022) Etymology section "The specific epithet is a patronym formed from the surname Holmes, the maiden name of the late Ms. Dorothy Bradbeer of Agriculture Canada, mother of Beverley Burlingame, the collector and donor of the holotype, who instilled in her as a youth a love of insects and fossils."
ALT1: ... that the fossil insect Allenbya holmesae was named after the finder's mother's maiden name? Source: Archibald & Cannings (2022) Etymology section "The specific epithet is a patronym formed from the surname Holmes, the maiden name of the late Ms. Dorothy Bradbeer of Agriculture Canada, mother of Beverley Burlingame, the collector and donor of the holotype, who instilled in her as a youth a love of insects and fossils."
Overall: Everything looks good on my end! Earwig detects no copyvio and DYKcheck lines up with what was stated on the nomination. Great job on this article! Cheers!
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talk) 20:39, 16 April 2024 (UTC)reply
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Palaeontology, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
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... that while the only fossil of Allenbya holmesae was found by Beverley Burlingame, the new species was named for her mother instead? Source: Archibald & Cannings (2022) Etymology section "The specific epithet is a patronym formed from the surname Holmes, the maiden name of the late Ms. Dorothy Bradbeer of Agriculture Canada, mother of Beverley Burlingame, the collector and donor of the holotype, who instilled in her as a youth a love of insects and fossils."
ALT1: ... that the fossil insect Allenbya holmesae was named after the finder's mother's maiden name? Source: Archibald & Cannings (2022) Etymology section "The specific epithet is a patronym formed from the surname Holmes, the maiden name of the late Ms. Dorothy Bradbeer of Agriculture Canada, mother of Beverley Burlingame, the collector and donor of the holotype, who instilled in her as a youth a love of insects and fossils."
Overall: Everything looks good on my end! Earwig detects no copyvio and DYKcheck lines up with what was stated on the nomination. Great job on this article! Cheers!
Ornithoptera (
talk) 20:39, 16 April 2024 (UTC)reply