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Asterolepis

Placodermi - Antiarchiformes - Asterolepididae

Taxonomy
Asterolepis was named by Eichwald (1840).

It was assigned to Asterolepidae by Hay (1902) and Denison (1978); and to Asterolepididae by Woodward (1891) and Elliott et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Asterolepis Eichwald
1891Asterolepis Woodward p. 203
1902Asterolepis Hay p. 342
1978Asterolepis Denison
2000Asterolepis Elliott et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Placodermiomorphi
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
orderAntiarchiformes
suborderYunnanolepidoidei
infraorderEuantiarcha(Janvier and Pan 1982)
familyAsterolepididaeTraquair 1888
genusAsterolepisEichwald 1840

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. †Asterolepis Eichwald 1840
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†Asterolepis chadwicki Wells 1964
†Asterolepis concatenata Eichwald 1844
†Asterolepis dellei Gross 1940
†Asterolepis estonica Gross 1940
†Asterolepis maxima Agassiz 1845
†Asterolepis orcadensis Watson 1932
†Asterolepis ornata Eichwald 1840
†Asterolepis radiata Rohon 1900
†Asterolepis scabra Woodward 1891
†Asterolepis sinensis P'an 1957
†Asterolepis thule Watson 1932
†Asterolepis verrucosa M'Coy 1848
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:32:58
Modified: 2004-08-17 16:32:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Rhaetian or 407.60000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Nunavut) A. sp. (26588 26592)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Belarus A. sp. (225882)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Latvia A. estonica (225795 225796 225797)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Estonia A. estonica (225793)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Belarus A. sp. (225886)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Latvia A. estonica (225802 225850)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Estonia A. estonica (225803 225804) A. sp., A. dellei (225851)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Russian Federation A. syasiensis, A. sp., A. ornata, A. radiata (90343)
Late/Upper Devonian382.7 - 358.9Colombia (Boyacá) A. sp. (211928)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Estonia A. essica (225778)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Latvia A. ornata (225777)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2United Kingdom A. verrucosa (132781)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) A. sp. (91635)