Taxacom: Correct spelling / history of a fossil fish name: Astrolepis/Asterolepis Eichwald, 1840

[Francisco Welter-Schultes]

Dear Tony,
as always, I would need the links to the original publications.

Best wishes
Francisco

Am 02.05.2024 um 22:23 schrieb Tony Rees via Taxacom:
> Hi Taxacomers,
> 
> I am trying to determine the history, and correct spelling, of the genus
> name Astrolepis/Asterolepis Eichwald, 1840, for which Neave has the
> following 2 records:
> 
> Astrolepis Eichwald 1840 Bull. Acad. St. Pétersb., 7, 79. Pisces (See
> Chelonichthys Agassiz 1844.)
> 
> Asterolepis Eichwald 1840 N. Jahrb. f. Min., 1840, 425. Pisces (err. pro
> Astrolepis Eichwald 1840) (nec Astrolepas Gray 1825 see Chelonichthys
> Agassiz 1840)
> 
> My first question is., are these the same taxon? in which case the "see
> Chelonichthys Agassiz 1840" is a little confusing.
> 
> My second is, which name is correct (aka in current use): for example Murphy
> et al., 1976, "Astrolepis sp. from the Upper Devonian of central Nevada"
> use Astrolepis without further comment; Downs et al., 2019 "Asterolepis
> alticristata n. sp.(Antiarchi) from the Upper Devonian (Frasnian) of
> Nunavut, Canada, and a report on the antiarch diversity of the Fram
> Formation" and most recent authors use Asterolepis (this paper has some
> discussion regarding the history of the name, however unfortunately I
> cannot access a full copy of the text).
> 
> Third under a few scenarios - if  Bull. Acad. St. Pétersb., 7, 1840
> appeared earlier than N. Jahrb. f. Min., 1840, then either (a) Astrolepis
> could be an original incorrect spelling, Asterolepis a corrected original
> one, with the original publication information maintained, (b) Astrolepis
> could be unavailable for some reason, making Asterolepis the correct
> spelling with the publication details N. Jahrb. f. Min., 1840; or (c)
> something else I have not thought of...
> 
> Comments, further advice most welcome!
> 
> For the record, the genus in its most frequently encountered current
> spelling "Asterolepis" is the type of the family Asterolepididae which
> appears to be attributable to Traquair, 1888.
> 
> Thanks in advance - Tony
> 
> 
> 
> Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
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