Pteraspidomorpha - Traquairaspidiformes
Parent taxon: Heterostraci according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Long 2011 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Amphiaspidiformes, Aporemaspis, Ariaspididae, Aserotaspis, Cardipeltida, Cardipeltidae, Cardipeltiformes, Ceraspidae, Corvaspidida, Corvaspidiformes, Cyathaspida, Cyathaspidiformes, Drepanaspidae, Guerichosteidae, Lepidaspidida, Lepidaspidiformes, Munchoaspis, Olbiaspidida, Palaeaspidi, Psammolepis, Psammosteiformes, Pteraspidi, Pteraspidiformes, Rimasventeraspis, Strosipherus, Tesseraspidida, Tesseraspidiformes, Tolypelepidida, Tolypelepidiformes, Toombsaspis, Traquairaspidida, Pilolepsis, Grumantaspis, Karelosteus, Archodus, Strophisterus, Steinaspis, Kiangsuaspis, Pycnaspis, Dyreaspis, Listraspis, Anatolepsis, Yoglinia, Gunaspis, Obliaspis, Poriferaspis, Corveolepis, Ennosviaspis, Homaspidella, Schizosteus, Allocryptaspis, Seretaspis, Clydonaspis, Irregulariaspis
Subtaxa: Phialaspididae Phialaspis Weigeltaspidae
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (10)
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 20 collections including 23 occurrences