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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
T. mosaica

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
subphylumCraniata
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 mosaica Karatajuta-Talimaa 1983
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 - 410.8Russian Federation T. sp., T. mosaica (90329)