†Tolypelepis Pander 1856 (jawless fish)
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Pteraspidomorpha - Cyathaspidiformes - Cyathaspididae
Full reference: C. Pander. 1856. Monographie der fossilen Fische des silurischen Systems des Russisch-Baltischen Gouvernements.
Parent taxon: Tolypelepididae according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002 and Soehn and Wilson 1990
Sister taxa: Asketaspis, Athenaegis
Subtaxa: Tolypelepis lenzi Tolypelepis leopoldensis Tolypelepis undulata
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Nunavut collections), Estonia (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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