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Taxon: Family †"Orthacanthidae" Jordan, 1923, nom. inval. (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation D.S. Jordan, 1923, pro syn.
Original name, rank & spelling Jordan, D.S. 1923. Stanford Univ. Publ. (Biol.) 3 (2): 91 ("Orthacanthidæ").

Attributes

Unavailable name, first published as a junior synonym (nom. inval.: "pro syn.") [ICZN, 1999: Art. 11.6 (<1961)] Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018. Eur. J. Taxon. 466: 36 ("name in synonymy; treated as available before 1961?; not available, Art. 11.6.1").

Types

TypeOrthacanthus (Genus) Agassiz, 1843 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 36.

Variants

Available nameOrthacanthidae (Family) Heyler & Poplin, 1990 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 36. [implicit]

Synonyms

Accepted nameXenacanthidae (Family) Geinitz, 1860 Ref: D.S. Jordan, 1923: 91. [new]
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