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Asterolepis

Placodermi - Antiarcha - Asterolepididae

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
orderAntiarchaCope 1885
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 alticristata Downs et al. 2019
†Asterolepis chadwicki Wells 1964
†Asterolepis concatenata Eichwald 1844
†Asterolepis cristata Obruchev 1933
†Asterolepis dellei Gross 1940
†Asterolepis essica Lyarskaya 1981
†Asterolepis estonica Gross 1940
†Asterolepis maxima Agassiz 1844
†Asterolepis orcadensis Watson 1932
†Asterolepis ornata Eichwald 1840
†Asterolepis radiata Rohon 1900
†Asterolepis scabra Woodward 1891
†Asterolepis sinensis P’an 1957
†Asterolepis syasiensis Lyarskaya 1981
†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
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Rhaetian or 410.62000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Nunavut) A. sp. (26588 26592)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Estonia A. estonica (225793)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belarus A. sp. (225882)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Latvia A. estonica (225795 225796 225797)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom A. orcadensis (238529 239112 239113 239114 239115 239116 239117)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Greenland A. saevesoederberghi (238275)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31Russian Federation A. concatenata (239119)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Belarus A. sp. (225886)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Latvia A. estonica (225802 225850)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Estonia A. estonica (225803 225804) A. sp., A. dellei (225851)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Latvia (Cesis) A. ornata (135959)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Spitsbergen) A. scabra (225592)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Estonia A. essica (225778)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Latvia A. ornata (225777)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Canada (Nunavut) A. alticristata (238424)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation A. sp., A. ornata, A. radiata, A. syasiensis (90343)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0United Kingdom A. thule (238524)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (New York) A. chadwicki (239111)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation A. radiata (239134)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15United Kingdom A. sp., A. maxima (239215)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86China (Jiangsu) A. sinensis (239118)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86Colombia (Boyacá) A. sp. (211928)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86United Kingdom (Somerset) A. maxima (232123)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4United Kingdom A. verrucosa (132781)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) A. sp. (91635)