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Taxon: Family †Osteolepididae Cope, 1887 (fish)
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Authorship

Original name, rank & spelling:  Cope, 1887: 1018 ("Osteolepididæ"). ≡

Attributes

Type genus not mentioned, but inferred from the stem [ICZN, 1999: Art. 11.7.1.1] Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018. Eur. J. Taxon. 466: 91 ("Art. 11.7.1.1").
Available family-group name from available generic name [ICZN, 1999: Art. 12.2.4 (<1931)] Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018. Eur. J. Taxon. 466: 91. [inferred]
Correct [original] spelling [ICZN, 1999: Art. 29.3.1.1 (fam.: -id-)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 4 Jun 2024.
Spelling in prevailing usage (: [orth. praeval.]) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 29.3.1.1 (fam.: -id-)] Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018. Eur. J. Taxon. 466: 91 ("spelling in prevailing recent practice").

Types

Type: †Osteolepis (Genus) Valenciennes, 1829 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 466. [inferred]

Variants

Former spelling: †Osteolepidae (Family) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 466. [indirect]

Synonyms

Synonymous name: †Glyptodipterini (Family) Huxley, 1861 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Including: †Glyptopomidae (Family) Goodrich, 1909 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 91.
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