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Taxon: Family †Leptolepididae Owen, 1860, nom. praeval. (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation Owen, 1860, nom. van. praeval.
Unavailable original name & rank Pictet, 1854: 135. ["Leptolépides"; published not in latinized form before 1900, not available, Art. 11.7.2].
Original name & rank Owen, 1860: 144. ["Leptolepidae"].
Subsequent spelling

Attributes

Unjustified emendation in prevailing usage (nom. praeval.: nom. van. praeval.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 29.3.1.1 (fam.: -id-)] Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018. Eur. J. Taxon. 466: 59 ("spelling in prevailing recent practice").

Types

TypeLeptolepis (Genus) Agassiz, 1832 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 59. [implicit]

Variants

Former spellingLeptolepidae (Family) Owen, 1860 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 59.
Former spellingLeptolepidae (Family) Owen, 1860 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 102. [indirect]
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