nomenclature in subsequent research. The taxonomist and nomenclaturist AlainDubois and colleagues at the French National Museum of Natural History argued
category of ranks as well as an unofficial rank itself. For this reason, AlainDubois has been using the alternative expressions "nominal-series", "family-series"
keralensis, meaning "of Kerala", was introduced as replacement name by AlainDubois in 1981. This species has vomerine teeth in two strong oblique series