Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes - Pteraspididae

Full reference: D. K. Elliott, L. S. Lassiter, and K. E. Geyer. 2020. The last pteraspids (Vertebrata, Heterostraci): new material from the Middle Devonian of Alberta and Idaho. Journal of Paleontology 94(4):758-772

Parent taxon: Pteraspididae according to D. K. Elliott et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Archaeoteuthis, Chiastolepis, Doryaspidinae, Europrotaspis, Glossoidaspis, Holaspis, Kallostrakon, Mitraspis, Mylopteraspis, Palaeoteuthis, Podolaspis, Pteraspidinae, Rhachiaspis, Scaphaspis, Scutellaspis, Semipodolaspis, Sphagodus

Subtaxa: Ecphymaspis idahoensis

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Channel near Big Windy Peak (Devonian of Idaho)

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