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Taxon: Genus †Polacanthus Owen, 1865 (dinosaur)

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Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:			Owen, in [anonymous], 1865, gen. caelebs
Original name, rank & spelling	:			[Anonymous], 1865. Athenaeum (no. 1971), 5 Aug 1865: 186 ("Prof. Owen", "new Saurian"). ≡
Subsequent publication	:			[Anonymous], 1865. Geological Magazine [dec. 1] 2 (no. 15), Sep 1865: 432 ("Prof. Owen", "new Saurian"). ≡
Subsequent publication	:			Fox, W. 1866. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 35, for Sep 1865: 56 ("Professor Owen", "new Saurian"). ≡
Subsequent publication	:			Huxley, T.H. 1867. Geological Magazine [dec. 1] 4 (no. 32), Feb 1867: 65, 67. ≡
Subsequent publication	:			Hulke, 1882. Phil. Trans., 172, 1881, 653.

Attributes

Available genus-group name without included nominal species ([gen. caelebs]) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 12, 67.2.2 (<1931)]

Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 13 Aug 2026.

Synonyms

Accepted name	:	†*Hylaeosaurus* (Genus) Mantell, 1832		Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 622).
Synonymous name	:	†*Euacanthus* (Genus) Owen, 1897, nom. nud.		Ref: PBDB: 31 Mar 2017.
Questionably Synonymous name	:	†*Hoplitosaurus* (Genus) Lucas, 1902		Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 152 ("?").
Synonymous name	:	†*Vectensia* (Genus) Delair, 1982, nom. nud.		Ref: PBDB: 23 Jun 2021.

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