Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (18me livraison) xxxii-188
Parent taxon: Heterostraci according to A. R. M. Blieck et al. 2002
See also Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Amphiaspidiformes, Aporemaspis, Ariaspididae, Aserotaspis, Cardipeltida, Cardipeltidae, Cardipeltiformes, Ceraspidae, Corvaspidida, Corvaspidiformes, Cyathaspida, Cyathaspidiformes, Drepanaspidae, Guerichosteidae, Lepidaspidida, Lepidaspidiformes, Munchoaspis, Olbiaspidida, Palaeaspidi, Psammosteiformes, 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: Psammolepis abavica Psammolepis aerata Psammolepis alata Psammolepis groenlandica Psammolepis paradoxa Psammolepis toriensis Psammolepis venyukovi
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Belarus (6 collections), Estonia (4), Greenland (1), Latvia (1), the Russian Federation (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 17 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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