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Taxon: Family †Cephalaspididae Agassiz, 1844, nom. praeval. (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Agassiz, 1844, nom. van. praeval.
Original name & rank:  Agassiz, 1844. Tome II pt. 1: 308. ["Cephalaspides"].
Latinized name:  Bonaparte, 1846: 4. [subfamily "Cephalaspidini"].
Latinized name:  Owen, 1846: 50. ["Cephalaspidae"].
Subsequent spelling: 

Attributes

Unjustified emendation in prevailing usage (nom. [van.] praeval.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 29.3.1.1 (fam.: -id-)] Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018. Eur. J. Taxon. 466: 22 ("spelling in prevailing recent practice").

Types

Type: †Cephalaspis (Genus) Agassiz, 1835 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 22. [implicit]

Variants

Former spelling: †Cephalaspidae (Family) Agassiz, 1844 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 22.
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