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Tesseraspis

Pteraspidomorpha - Tesseraspidiformes - Tesseraspididae

Taxonomy
Tesseraspis was named by Wills (1936).

It was assigned to Tesseraspididae by van der Laan (2019).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Tesseraspis Wills
2019Tesseraspis 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
orderTesseraspidiformes
familyTesseraspididaeBerg 1955
genusTesseraspisWills 1936

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.

G. †Tesseraspis Wills 1936
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Tesseraspis denisoni Halstead Tarlo 1964
Tesseraspis mosaica Karatajuta-Talimaa 1983
Tesseraspis orvigi Halstead Tarlo 1964
Tesseraspis talimaae Halstead Tarlo 1964
Tesseraspis tessellata Wills 1935
Tesseraspis toombsi Halstead Tarlo 1964
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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

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

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62United Kingdom T. tessellata (239126)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Lithuania T. talimaae (207344)
Early/Lower Lochkovian419.62 - 416.8United Kingdom T. tessellata (238749)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Lithuania T. talimaae (239533)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02United Kingdom T. toombsi (239532)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Ukraine T. orvigi (239124)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation T. sp., T. mosaica (90329)