Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes - Psammosteidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (18me livraison) xxxii-188
Parent taxon: Psammosteidae according to O. A. Lebedev and G. Clément 2019
See also Blieck et al. 2002 and Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Drepanaspis, Dyptychosteus, Ganosteus, Oredezhosteus, Placosteus, Psammosteinae, Psammosteus, Pycnosteus, Vladimirolepis
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 (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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