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Monotypic taxon: Genus Lepidosiren Fitzinger, 1836 (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation [L.J.F.J.] Fitzinger, 1836
Original name, rank & spelling Fitzinger, [L.J.] 1836. Not. Nat.-Heilk. (no. 1084) / 50 (6), Sep 1836: col. 90 ("Lepidosiren paradoxus").
Isonym (name, rank & spelling) Fitzinger, L. 1837. Isis (Oken) 30 (5): col. 380 ("Ich habe dieſem ... Thiere den Namen Lepidosiren paradoxa gegeben.").
Isonym (name, rank & spelling) Natterer, J. 1840[1839]. Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2 [1]: [165] ("Lepidosiren paradoxa", "neue Gattung").
Subsequent publication Fitzinger, 1837. Archiv Naturgesch. (Wiegmann): 232 ("Fror. Notiz. 50. p. 90.", "neue, ..., Gattung der Proteiden, Lepidosiren").

Gender

Feminine Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021. Eschmeyer's Cat. Fish.: 9 Sep 2025 ("Fem.").

Types

Type ofLepidosirenidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1841 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 465. [implicit]
Type ofLepidosirenoidei (Suborder) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 465; 5 Mar 2024. [inferred]
Type, by monotypyLepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger, 1836 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 465. [implicit]
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