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IRMNG name details

Galeopithecidae Gray, 1821

102430  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:102430)

 unaccepted
Family
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Galeopithecidae is the older name for Cynocephalidae and is used in McKenna & Bell, 1997, however Jackson & Thorington,...  
Taxonomic remark Galeopithecidae is the 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). Galeopithecidae Gray, 1821. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102430 on 2024-04-24
Date
action
by
2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
created
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
2022-04-29 03:19:49Z
changed

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx .  [details]   

additional source McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.
note: as accepted family in Primates, now Cynocephalidae in Dermoptera (was primate suborder, now order) according to Wilson & Reeder, 2005 [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]   

source of synonymy Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
note: as per type genus, Galeopithecus, now a syn. of Cynocephalus [details]   

extant flag source Systema Naturae 2000 (2006 version) [details]   

habitat flag source web search (AJR) [details]   
From other sources
Taxonomic remark Galeopithecidae is the 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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