Lepidosiren Fitzinger [L. J. F. J.] 1837:379 Fem. Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger 1837. Earliest description not determined; variously given as: Frorieps Notizen, vol. 1:90 (or p. 50 and 90); Wiegmann's Archiv. 1837:232; and perhaps the earliest: Natterer, Ann. Wierner Museums Natur. 1837, v. 2:165; or as given above. •Valid as Lepidosiren Fitzinger 1837 -- (Britski et al. 1999:22 [ref. 24147], Arratia in Reis et al. 2003:671 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Valid as Lepidosiren Fitzinger 1837. Lepidosirenidae.