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Cynocephalidae Simpson, 1945

113012  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:113012)

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marine, brackish, terrestrial
recent only
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Taxonomic remark Galeopithecidae is an older name for Cynocephalidae and is used in McKenna & Bell, 1997, however Jackson & Thorington, 2012...  
Taxonomic remark Galeopithecidae is an older name for Cynocephalidae and is used in McKenna & Bell, 1997, however Jackson & Thorington, 2012 state: as the family Cynocephalidae Simpson, 1945, was in common usage before 1961, it should not be replaced according to Article 40.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999:46). Name synonymized within Galeopithecidae by McKenna and Bell (1997:328) but recognized by Stafford (2005:110) and most recent authors. [details]
IRMNG (2022). Cynocephalidae Simpson, 1945. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113012 on 2024-12-14
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
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2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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2022-09-25 18:39:25Z
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basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

additional source Jackson, S. M.; Thorington, R. W. (2012). Gliding mammals: taxonomy of living and extinct species. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 638: 1-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.638.1 [details] 

taxonomy source Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp. [details] 

current name source Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp. [details] 

extant flag source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

habitat flag source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 
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Taxonomic remark Galeopithecidae is an older name for Cynocephalidae and is used in McKenna & Bell, 1997, however Jackson & Thorington, 2012 state: as the family Cynocephalidae Simpson, 1945, was in common usage before 1961, it should not be replaced according to Article 40.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999:46). Name synonymized within Galeopithecidae by McKenna and Bell (1997:328) but recognized by Stafford (2005:110) and most recent authors. [details]

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