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Types

Type	:	*Galeopithecus* (Genus) Pallas, 1783, nom. illeg.
Type, by synonymy	:	*Cynocephalus* (Genus) Boddaert, 1768		Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 328. [inferred]

Accepted name (objective)	:	*Cynocephalidae* (Family) Simpson, 1945 (1821)	Ref: B.J. Stafford, 2005: 110.
Replacement name	:	*Cynocephalidae* (Family) Simpson, 1945 (1821)	Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945: 54. [new]
Synonymous name	:	*Colugidae* (Family) Miller, 1906	Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Galeopteridae* (Family) Thomas, 1908	Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Pleuropteridae* (Family) Burnett, 1829	Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Pterocebineae* (Family) Lesson, 1840	Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name (objective)	:	*Cynocephalidae* (Family) Simpson, 1945 (1821)	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997