Tauraspis Mark-Kurik and Janvier 1995 (vertebrate)

Osteostraci - Benneviaspidiformes - Boreaspididae

Full reference: E. Mark-Kurik and P. Janvier. 1995. Early Devonian Osteostracans from Severnaya Zemlya, Russia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3):449-462

Parent taxon: Boreaspididae according to R. S. Sansom 2009

Sister taxa: Belonaspis, Boreaspis, Dicranaspis, Hapilaspis, Hoelaspis, Spatulaspis

Subtaxa: Tauraspis rara

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at October Revolution Island [Spokojnaya Fm] (Devonian of Russian Federation)

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