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Monotypic taxon: Genus Lepidosiren Fitzinger, 1836 (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  [L.J.F.J.] Fitzinger, 1836
Original name, rank & spelling:  Fitzinger, [L.J.] 1836. Not. Nat.-Heilk. (no. 1084) / 50 (6), Sep 1836: col. 90 ("Lepidosiren paradoxus"). ≡
Isonym (name, rank & spelling):  Fitzinger, L. 1837. Isis (Oken) 30 (5): col. 380 ("Ich habe dieſem ... Thiere den Namen Lepidosiren paradoxa gegeben."). ≡
Isonym (name, rank & spelling):  Natterer, J. 1840[1839]. Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2 [1]: [165] ("Lepidosiren paradoxa", "neue Gattung"). ≡
Subsequent publication:  Fitzinger, 1837. Archiv Naturgesch. (Wiegmann): 232 ("Fror. Notiz. 50. p. 90.", "neue, ..., Gattung der Proteiden, Lepidosiren"). ≡

Gender

Feminine Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021. Eschmeyer's Cat. Fish.: 9 Sep 2025 ("Fem.").

Types

Type of: Lepidosirenidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1841 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 465. [implicit]
Type of: Lepidosirenoidei (Suborder) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 465; 5 Mar 2024. [inferred]
Type, by monotypy: Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger, 1836 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 465. [implicit]
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