Two valid and legitimate generic names of Silurian fossil obligate tet
rads, Tetrahedraletes and Nodospora, published by Strother & Traverse,
are based on type specimens that now are recognized as representing a
single genus. Burgess, the first to propose the synonymy formally, se
lected Tetrahedraletes as the generic name for the combined genus, and
his choice, having priority, must be followed. Gray's call to abandon
both generic names is misguided.