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Ateleaspis
Taxonomy
Ateleaspis was named by Traquair (1899) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is the type genus of Ateleaspidae, Ateleaspidinae.
It was assigned to Ateleaspidae by Gardiner (1966); to Atelaspidiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Ateleaspidinae by Sansom (2009); to Cephalaspidomorphi by Long (2011); and to Ateleaspididae by Tinn and Märss (2018), van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Ateleaspidae by Gardiner (1966); to Atelaspidiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Ateleaspidinae by Sansom (2009); to Cephalaspidomorphi by Long (2011); and to Ateleaspididae by Tinn and Märss (2018), van der Laan (2019).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by G. Lloyd on 2012-02-01; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-02-12
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1899 | Ateleaspis Traquair |
| 1911 | Aceraspis Kiaer |
| 1966 | Ateleaspis Gardiner p. 16 |
| 2002 | Atelaspis Sepkoski |
| 2009 | Aceraspis Sansom p. 112 |
| 2009 | Ateleaspis Sansom p. 112 |
| 2011 | Ateleaspis Long p. 241 |
| 2018 | Ateleaspis Tinn and Märss p. 3 |
| 2019 | Ateleaspis van der Laan p. 22 |
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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. †Ateleaspis Traquair 1899
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†Ateleaspis robusta Ritchie 1967
†Ateleaspis tessellata Traquair 1899
Invalid names: Aceraspis Kiaer 1911 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007 | |||||
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Telychian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | A. tesselata (188542) | |
| Telychian - Sheinwoodian | United Kingdom (South Lanarkshire) | A. tesselata (195126) | |
| Sheinwoodian | United Kingdom | A. tessellata (238429) | |
| Wenlock - Ludlow | United Kingdom (Scotland) | A. sp. (26906) | |
| Rootsikula | Norway | A. robusta (14308 26927 26928) | |
| Ludlow | United Kingdom (Scotland) | A. tesselata (26896) | |
| Pridoli | Norway | A. sp. (239059) |