Pteraspidomorpha - Tesseraspidiformes
Parent taxon: Heterostraci according to R. van der Laan 2019
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, Tolypelepidida, Tolypelepidiformes, Toombsaspis, Traquairaspidida, Traquairaspidiformes, Yoglinia, Steinaspis, Pycnaspis, Strophisterus, Poriferaspis, Pilolepsis, Seretaspis, Schizosteus, Anatolepsis, Ennosviaspis, Allocryptaspis, Karelosteus, Dyreaspis, Irregulariaspis, Gunaspis, Kiangsuaspis, Grumantaspis, Archodus, Homaspidella, Clydonaspis, Listraspis, Corveolepis, Obliaspis
Subtaxa: Natlaspididae Tesseraspididae
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), Lithuania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Silurian of Lithuania (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences