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Auchenaspis

Taxonomy
Auchenaspis was named by Egerton (1857).

It was assigned to Cephalaspidae by Huxley (1861) and Woodward (1891); and to Vertebrata by Dumbrava and Blieck (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Auchenaspis Egerton
1861Auchenaspis Huxley p. 37
1891Auchenaspis Woodward p. 195
2005Auchenaspis Dumbrava and Blieck p. 165

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
RankNameAuthor
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
genusAuchenaspisEgerton 1857

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Auchenaspis Egerton 1857
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Auchenaspis egertoni Lankester 1870
Auchenaspis salteri Egerton 1857
Auchenaspis verrucosus Eichwald 1854
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Homerian to the top of the Pragian or 430.50000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Sweden Thyestes verrucosus (179986 179987 179988 179989 179990)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Ukraine A. sp. (90348)