Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes - Doryaspidae
Full reference: V. N. Pernègre. 2003. The genus Doryaspis White (Heterostraci) from the Lower Devonian of Vestspitsbergen, Svalbard. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(4):735-746
Belongs to Doryaspis according to V. N. Pernègre 2003
Sister taxa: Doryaspis groenhorgensis, Doryaspis nathorsti
Type specimen: MNHN-SVD 655, a skeleton. Its type locality is Gronhorgdalen (Dicksonland, Spitsbergen), which is in a Pragian/Emsian marine sandstone in the Wood Bay Formation of Norway.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Norway (1 collection), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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