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Taxon: Family †Cephalaspidae Agassiz, 1844 (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Agassiz, 1844, orth. corr.
Original name & rank:  Agassiz, 1844. Tome II pt. 1: 308. ["Cephalaspides"].
Latinized name:  Bonaparte, 1846: 4. [subfamily "Cephalaspidini"].
Latinized name & Subsequent spelling:  Owen, 1846: 50.
Subsequent publication:  Huxley, 1861: 38.
Subsequent publication:  Günther, 1880: 353.

Attributes

Available family-group name, later latinized [ICZN, 1999: Art. 11.7.2 (<1900)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 27 Mar 2024.
Justified emendation of suffix (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 29.2, 34.1 (family)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 27 Mar 2024.
Correct [original] spelling [ICZN, 1999: Art. 29.3.1.1 (fam.: -id-)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 27 Mar 2024.

Types

Type: †Cephalaspis (Genus) Agassiz, 1835

Variants

Current spelling: †Cephalaspididae (Family) Agassiz, 1844, nom. praeval. Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 22.

Synonyms

Including: †Thyestidae (Family) Rohon, 1892 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 596. [inferred]
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