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Psammosteus

Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes - Psammosteidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Psammosteus Agassiz
1963Psammosteus Jordan p. 585
2009Psammosteus Moloshnikov
2017Psammosteus Randle and Sansom p. 597

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
RankNameAuthor
classPteraspidomorpha
subclassHeterostraciLankester 1868
orderPteraspidiformesBerg 1940
suborderPteraspidoidei(Janvier 1996)
familyPsammosteidaeTraquair 1896
genusPsammosteusAgassiz 1844

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. †Psammosteus Agassiz 1844
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†Psammosteus arenatus Agassiz 1845
†Psammosteus asper Obruchev 1965
†Psammosteus bergi Mark-Kurik 1965
†Psammosteus cuneatus Obruchev 1965
†Psammosteus falcatus Gross 1942
†Psammosteus granulatus M'Coy 1848
†Psammosteus levis Obruchev 1965
†Psammosteus livonicus Obruchev 1965
†Psammosteus maeandrinus Agassiz 1845
†Psammosteus megalopteryx Trautschold 1880
†Psammosteus paradoxus Agassiz 1845
†Psammosteus pectinatus Obruchev 1965
†Psammosteus praecursor Obruchev 1947
†Psammosteus tchernovi Obruchev 1965
†Psammosteus tenuis Obruchev 1965
†Psammosteus waltergrossi Halstead Tarlo 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Pennsylvanian or 410.62000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Gormel) P. toriensis (232955)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Russian Federation P. sp. (90332)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Estonia P. bergi (225851)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Russian Federation P. sp. (90333)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Russian Federation P. waltergrossi (239668)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Latvia P. livonicus (239144)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Belarus (Gormel) P. sp. (242242)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Estonia P. bergi (239672)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Spitsbergen) P. arenatus (225592)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Estonia P. spp. (225778)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Russian Federation P. sp. (90334)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Belarus P. praecursor (225888)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation P. praecursor (90343) P. sp. (90335)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Latvia Oredezhosteus livonicus (90347)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation (Leningrad Oblast) P. praecursor, P. livonicus, P. cuneatus (279095)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation P. cuneatus (239673) P. levis (239674) P. maeandrinus, P. asper (239134) P. tenuis (239675)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Russian Federation (Saint Petersburg) P. megalopteryx (196703)
Middle Frasnian - Late/Upper Frasnian379.0 - 372.15United Kingdom P. megalopteryx (239413)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation P. falcatus (238745) P. sp. (90336)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Greenland P. sp. (238738)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9United Kingdom P. vermicularis (132819)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9Ireland P. granulatus (132818)