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

[Francisco Welter-Schultes]

Okay, I found them.

The correct original spelling of the generic name was Astrolepis 
Eichwald, 1840 (Bulletin Scientifique, 23 Apr 1840).
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The name was made available there. Proposed with brief diagnosis, 
without nominal species included.
As far as I can see, the name is not preoccupied.

Asterolepis Eichwald, 1840 (Neues Jahrbuch, after May 1840)
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was an incorrect subsequent spelling of Astrolepis.

In Neues Jahrbuch the name was clearly used for the same taxon, placoid 
fish with star-shaped scales.

Type A. ornata by subsequent monotypy by Eichwald, 1840 (Neues Jahrbuch: 
p. 425).

So any spellings using Astero-... are incorrect.

If this helps.

Best wishes
Francisco

Am 02.05.2024 um 22:40 schrieb Francisco Welter-Schultes via Taxacom:
> 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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> Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will, To strive, to seek, to 
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