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Monotypic taxon:
Family
Lepidosirenidae
Bonaparte, 1841
- South American lungfishes
(fish)
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Entity:
Ceratodontiformes (Order) - living lungfishes and their fossil relatives
..†Ceratodontidae (Family) - Australian lungfishes
..†Gnathorhizidae (Family)
..Neoceratodontidae (Family) - Australian lungfishes
..Protopteridae (Family) - African lungfishes
..†Ptychoceratodontidae (Family)
..Lepidosirenidae (Family) - South American lungfishes
....Lepidosiren (Genus)
Authorship
Original name
:
Bonaparte, 1841.
Types
Type of
:
Dipnoi
(Order)
Müller, 1844
Type
:
Lepidosiren
(Genus)
Fitzinger, 1836
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 465.
[implicit]
Synonyms
Including
:
Protopteridae
(Family)
Peters, 1855
Ref:
[Anonymous], 1995
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
South American lungfishes
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 109; ECoF(14 Mar 2025).
:
South American lungfishes
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2494.
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28 Aug 2026