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Taxon: Family †Dipteridae 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. ["Diptériens", nom. vernac.].
Subsequent spelling Owen, 1846: 50.

Attributes

Available family-group name, later latinized [ICZN, 1999: Art. 11.7.2 (<1900)] Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018. Eur. J. Taxon. 466: 89 ("latinized").
Justified emendation of suffix (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 29.2, 34.1 (family)] Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018. Eur. J. Taxon. 466: 89. [inferred]

Types

TypeDipterus (Genus) Sedgwick & Murchison, 1829 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 463. [inferred]

Synonyms

Questionably Synonymous nameCtenododipteridae (Family) Günther, 1880, nom. inval. Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 89.
Synonymous name (subjective)Palaeospondylidae (Family) Gill, 1896 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 463-464. [indirect]
IncludingRhinodipteridae (Family) Campbell & Barwick, 1990 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 89.
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