Gobduntaulepis, a new generic name for Acantholepis Pianovskij, 1989 (Conodonta) non Krøyer, 1846 (Actinopterygii)

Abstract

The fossil genus Acantholepis (type species A. bispinatus Pianovskij, 1989, by original designation) was established by Pianovskij (in Pianovskij, Pianovskaja & Aleksandrova, 1989: 69) for a presumable fossil conodont from the Ordovician of Southern Tien Shan (Gobduntau mountains, Nuratau ridge, Southern Tien Shan, Uzbekistan). However, several years earlier, the identical generic names Acantholepis Krøyer, 1846: 98 for a living fish in current use (Actinopterygii: Osmeriformes: Argentinidae), Acantholepis Mayr, 1861: 26 for a genus of living ants (Formicidae) and Acantholepis Newberry, 1875: 38 for a distinctive fossil fish genus, both latter replaced since then by new generic names, all preceded the recently published conodont generic name, which is therefore preoccupied, having three senior homonyms.