Contents - International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

The name-bearing type of a nominal family-group taxon is a nominal genus called the "type genus"; the family-group name is based upon that of the type genus [ ... ◀ ▶ Article63.Name-bearingtypesThename-bearingtypeofanominalfamily-grouptaxonisanominalgenuscalledthe"typegenus";thefamily-groupnameisbaseduponthatofthetypegenus[Art.29].(SeealsoArticles11.7,35,39and40).63.1.CoordinatenominaltaxaCoordinatenominaltaxaofthefamilygrouphavethesametypegenus[Arts.36,37,61.2].