Pteraspidomorpha - Psammosteiformes
Parent taxon: Heterostraci according to S. V. Moloshnikov 2009
Sister taxa: Amphiaspidiformes, Aporemaspis, Ariaspididae, Aserotaspis, Cardipeltida, Cardipeltidae, Cardipeltiformes, Ceraspidae, Corvaspidida, Corvaspidiformes, Cyathaspida, Cyathaspidiformes, Drepanaspidae, Guerichosteidae, Lepidaspidida, Lepidaspidiformes, Munchoaspis, Olbiaspidida, Palaeaspidi, Psammolepis, Pteraspidi, Pteraspidiformes, Rimasventeraspis, Strosipherus, Tesseraspidida, Tesseraspidiformes, Tolypelepidida, Tolypelepidiformes, Toombsaspis, Traquairaspidida, Traquairaspidiformes, Clydonaspis, Homaspidella, Seretaspis, Karelosteus, Pilolepsis, Archodus, Poriferaspis, Grumantaspis, Obliaspis, Schizosteus, Listraspis, Irregulariaspis, Dyreaspis, Corveolepis, Pycnaspis, Yoglinia, Ennosviaspis, Allocryptaspis, Anatolepsis, Steinaspis, Strophisterus, Gunaspis, Kiangsuaspis
Subtaxa: Pycnosteidae
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Belarus (1 collection), Estonia (7), Latvia (2), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 13 collections including 17 occurrences