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Weigeltaspis

Pteraspidomorpha - Traquairaspidiformes - Weigeltaspidae

Taxonomy
Weigeltaspis was named by Brotzen (1933).

It was assigned to Traquairaspidiformes by Blieck et al. (2002); and to Weigeltaspidae by van der Laan (2019).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Weigeltaspis Brotzen
2002Weigeltaspis Blieck et al. p. 811
2019Weigeltaspis van der Laan p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
classPteraspidomorpha
subclassHeterostraciLankester 1868
orderTraquairaspidiformesStensio 1958
familyWeigeltaspidaeBerg 1940
genusWeigeltaspisBrotzen 1933

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. †Weigeltaspis Brotzen 1933
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Weigeltaspis brotzeni Halstead Tarlo 1964
Weigeltaspis godmani Halstead Tarlo 1964
Weigeltaspis heintzi 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: Early/Lower Lochkovian or 419.62000 to 416.80000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Lochkovian419.62 - 416.8United Kingdom W. sp. (238750 238795)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02United Kingdom (Herefordshire) W. sp. (201736)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02United Kingdom (England) W. sp. (26918)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Canada (Nunavut) W. sp. (238034)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Ukraine W. brotzeni (239220 239251 239253)
Lochkovian - Eifelian419.62 - 387.95Ukraine (Ternopil) W. brotzeni (237769)