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Taxon: Genus "Centrosaurus" Fitzinger, 1843, nom. inval. (reptile)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation L. Fitzinger, 1843, pro syn., nom. inval.
Original name, rank & spelling Fitzinger, L. 1843. Syst. Rept.: 78 ("Fitz."); 79 ("Centrosaurus horridus. Fitz.").

Attributes

Unavailable name, first published as a junior synonym ([pro syn.,] nom. inval.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 11.6 (<1961)] Ref: [G. Olshevsky], 28 Jun 1997.
Possibly Forgotten name (nom. oblit.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 23.9 (not valid >1899)] Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991. Mesozoic Meanderings (no. 2): 162 ("possible", "nomen oblitum").

Homonyms

Junior homonymCentrosaurus (Genus) Lambe, 1904 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 162.

Synonyms

Accepted name (subjective)Phrynosoma (Genus) Wiegmann, 1828 Ref: L. Fitzinger, 1843: 78. [new]
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