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Taxon: Family †Ctenacanthidae Bonaparte, 1850, "nom. praeval." (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation (Bonaparte, 1850) Dean, 1909, "nom. praeval."
Original name Bonaparte, 1850: 454. [subfamily "Ctenacanthini"].
Subsequent rank Dean, 1909: 242. [as a new family].

Attributes

Name in prevailing usage ("nom. praeval.") [cf. ICZN, 1999: Arts. 23.9, 35.5 (fam.)] Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018. Eur. J. Taxon. 466: 36 ("name in prevailing recent practice").

Types

TypeCtenacanthus (Genus) Agassiz, 1837 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 36.

Synonyms

IncludingCladodontidae (Family) Giebel, 1846 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 36.
IncludingTamiobatidae (Family) Hay, 1902 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 36.
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