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Taxon: Family †Asterolepididae Traquair, 1888 (1856), nom. praeval. (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Traquair, 1888 (1856), nom. nov. praeval., nom. van. praeval.
Original name & rank:  Traquair, 1888: 485. ["Asterolepidae"].
Subsequent spelling: 

Attributes

Unjustified emendation in prevailing usage (nom. [van.] praeval.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 29.3.1.1 (fam.: -id-)] Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018. Eur. J. Taxon. 466: 27 ("name and spelling in prevailing recent practice").
Unnecessary replacement name in prevailing usage (year2 (year1): nom. nov. praeval.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 40.2 (<1961)] Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018. Eur. J. Taxon. 466: 27 ("name and spelling in prevailing recent practice").

Types

Type: †Asterolepis (Genus) Eichwald, 1840 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 27. [implicit]

Variants

Former spelling: †Asterolepidae (Family) Traquair, 1888 Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 38; 22 Mar 2025. [inferred]
Former spelling: †Asterolepidae (Family) Traquair, 1888 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 27.

Synonyms

Synonymous name: †Pterichthyidae (Family) Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 38.
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