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Aporemaspis pholidata

Pteraspidomorpha

Taxonomy
Aporemaspis pholidata was named by Elliot and Loeffler (1989). Its type specimen is NMC 34010, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Read Bay, Cornwallis Island [Snowblind Bay Fm], which is in a Lochkovian marine conglomerate in the Snowblind Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Aporemaspis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Aporemaspis pholidata Elliot and Loeffler p. 884 figs. pl. 107, text fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumCraniata
RankNameAuthor
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
classPteraspidomorpha
subclassHeterostraciLankester 1868
genusAporemaspis
speciespholidata

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Aporemaspis pholidata Elliot and Loeffler 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2007-09-27 04:49:26
Modified: 2017-03-09 14:07:44
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lochkovian or 419.20000 to 410.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Canada (Nunavut) Aporemaspis pholidata (type locality: 90322)