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Corvaspididae

Pteraspidomorpha - Corvaspidiformes - Corvaspididae

Taxonomy
Corvaspididae was named by Dineley (1953).

It was assigned to Heterostraci by Loeffler and Dineley (1976); and to Corvaspidiformes by van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa
Corvaspis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Corvaspididae Dineley
1976Corvaspididae Loeffler and Dineley p. 758
2019Corvaspididae van der Laan p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
classPteraspidomorpha
subclassHeterostraciLankester 1868
orderCorvaspidiformesStensiö 1964
familyCorvaspididaeDineley 1953
familyCorvaspididaeDineley 1953

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.

Fm. †Corvaspididae Dineley 1953
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G. †Corvaspis Woodward 1934
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†Corvaspis ellesmerensis Thorsteinsson and Elliott 2022
†Corvaspis kingi Woodward 1934
†Corvaspis porphyretica Thorsteinsson and Elliott 2022
†Corvaspis woodwardi Thorsteinsson and Elliott 2022
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Pridoli to the top of the Early/Lower Lochkovian or 422.70000 to 416.80000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62Canada (Nunavut) Corvaspis kingi (237776) Corvaspis sp. (237773 237777 237779)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62United Kingdom Corvaspis kingi (239126)
Early/Lower Lochkovian419.62 - 416.8United Kingdom Corvaspis sp. (238797)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Norway Corvaspis sp. (26929 237814 237815 237816 237817 237818 237821 237822 237823 237825)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Canada (Nunavut) Corvaspis sp. (237782 237785 237786 238042)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation Corvaspididae indet. (90329 90330)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Ukraine Corvaspis kingi (239220) Corvaspis sp. (26978)
Lochkovian - Early/Lower Emsian419.62 - 399.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Corvaspis sp. (237843)