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Eugaleaspidiformes

Galeaspidomorphi - Hanyangaspidiformes - Hyperaspididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Eugaleaspidiformes Liu
2007Eugaleaspidiformes Zhu and Gai p. 164
2019Eugaleaspidiformes Van Der Laan p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
superclassAnaspidomorphi
RankNameAuthor
superclassThelodontomorphi(Jackel 1911)
superclassOsteostracomorphi
classGaleaspidomorphi
familyHyperaspididaePan 1992
orderHanyangaspidiformes
orderEugaleaspidiformesLiu 1980
genusEugaleaspidiformesPan 1992

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.

Or. †Eugaleaspidiformes Liu 1980
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G. †Anjiaspis Gai and Zhu 2005
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Anjiaspis ericius Shan et al. 2022
Anjiaspis reticularis Gai and Zhu 2005
Fm. †Eugaleaspididae Liu 1980
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G. †Dunyu Zhu et al. 2012
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Dunyu longiforus Zhu et al. 2012
Dunyu tianlu Li et al. 2024
Dunyu xiushanensis Zhu et al. 2012
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Invalid names: Eugaleaspis xiushanenis Liu 1983 [replaced]
G. †Nochelaspis Zhu 1992
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G. †Pterogonaspis Zhu 1992
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G. †Tridensaspis Liu 1986
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G. †Yunnanogaleaspis Pan and Wang 1980
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Yunnanogaleaspis major Pan and Wang 1980
G. †Meishanaspis Wang 1991
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Meishanaspis lehmani Wang 1991
G. †Shuyu Gai et al. 2011
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Shuyu zhejiangensis Gai et al. 2011
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Invalid names: Sinogaleaspis zhejiangensis Pan 1986 [replaced]
Fm. †Shuyuidae Shan 2020
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G. †Jiangxialepis Liu et al. 2021
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Jiangxialepis jiujiangensis Shan et al. 2023
Jiangxialepis retrospina Liu et al. 2021
Jiangxialepis rongi Liu et al. 2023
G. †Qingshuiaspis Shan et al. 2022
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Qingshuiaspis junqingi Shan et al. 2022
G. †Rumporostralis Shan et al. 2020
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Rumporostralis shipanensis Shan et al. 2020
Rumporostralis xikengensis Shan et al. 2020
G. †Sinogaleaspis Pan and Wang 1980
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Sinogaleaspis shankouensis Pan and Wang 1980
Sinogaleaspis xikengensis Pan and Wang 1980
Fm. †Tridensaspidae Liu 1986
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G. †Falxcornus Meng and Gai 2022
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Falxcornus liui Meng and Gai 2022
Fm. †Tujiaaspidae Chen et al. 2024
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G. †Miaojiaaspis Chen et al. 2024
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Miaojiaaspis dichotomus Chen et al. 2024
G. †Tujiaaspis Gai et al. 2022
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Tujiaaspis vividus Gai et al. 2022
G. †Xitunaspis Sun et al. 2022
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Xitunaspis magnus Sun et al. 2022
Fm. †Yongdongaspididae Chen et al. 2022
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G. †Yongdongaspis Chen et al. 2022
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Yongdongaspis littoralis Chen et al. 2022
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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Early/Lower Eifelian or 438.60000 to 390.50000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9China Changxingaspis nianzhongi, Xiyuichthys zhangi (239268) Jiangxialepis rongi (238414)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Xinjiang) Hanyangaspis sp., Hanyangaspis guodingshanensis (182523) Hanyangaspis sp., Hanyangaspis guodingshanensis, Nanjiangaspis kalpinensis, Kalpinolepis tarimensis, Platycaraspis tianshanensis, Platylomaspis serratus, Nanjiangaspis zhangi (182524)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China Miaojiaaspis dichotomus, Tujiaaspis vividus, Yongdongaspis littoralis (236761) Tujiaaspis vividus (239056)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Wuhan) Hongshanaspis inexpectatus (239385)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Hunan) Dayongaspis colubra (236489) Konoceraspis grandoculus, Dayongaspis hunanensis (182545)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Hubei) Hanyangaspis guodingshanensis (182528 182537) Jiangxialepis retrospina (225099)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Jiangxi ) Dayongaspidae indet., Gumuaspidae indet., Qingshuiaspis junqingi, Anjiaspis ericius, Jiangxialepis jiujiangensis, Xiyuichthys lixiensis (232461)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Anhui) Hanyangaspis chaohuensis (182530)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.6 - 430.6China (Xinjiang) Hanyangaspis sp., Hanyangaspis guodingshanensis (182525)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6China (Jiangxi) Rumporostralis shipanensis (238862) Xiushuiaspis jiangxiensis, Xiushuiaspis ganbeiensis, Sinogaleaspis shankouensis, Rumporostralis xikengensis (182539)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6China (Zhejiang) Xiushuiaspis sp., Sinogaleaspis zhejiangensis, Changxingaspis gui, Meishanaspis lehmani (182535)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6China (Anhui) Geraspis rara (182531)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7China (Anji County) Anjiaspis reticularis (237790)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7China (Chongqing) Dunyu xiushanensis (182547)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7China (Hunan) Eugaleaspis sp. (182542)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7China (Yunnan) Dunyu longiforus (27771) Polybranchiaspis sp. (27912)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7China Dunyu tianlu (239381)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62China (Shaanxi) Hanyangaspis sp. (182527)
Early/Lower Lochkovian419.62 - 416.8China (Yunnan) Falxcornus liui (238268)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02China Kwangnanaspis subtriangularis (238425)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02China (Guangxi) Antiquisagittaspis cornuta, Asiaspis expansa (4005)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02China (Yunnan) Dongfangaspis yunnanensis, Dongfangaspis paradoxus, Polybranchiaspis yulongssus, Yunnanogaleaspis major, Polybranchiaspis liaojiaoshanensis, Polybranchiaspis minor, Polybranchiaspis zhanyiensis, Laxaspis qujingensis, Dongfangaspis qujingensis, Damaspis vartus, Diandongaspis xishancunensis, Laxaspis rostrata, Pentathyraspis pelta, Microhoplonaspis microthyris, Stephaspis dipteriga, Nochelaspis maeandrine (173380) Eugaleaspis changi, Eugaleaspis lianhuashanensis, Polybranchiaspis liaojiaoshanensis, Siyingia altuspinosa, Laxaspis qujingensis, Laxaspis yulongssus, Cyclodiscaspis ctenus, Nanpanaspis microculus, Pseudolaxaspis rostrata, Xitunaspis magnus (162781) Eugaleaspis changi, Nanpanaspis microculus, Pseudolaxaspis rostrata, Altigibbaspis huiqingae, Nochelaspis maeandrine (237781) Nochelaspis maeandrine (238656)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Vietnam (Bac Kan) Bannhuanaspis vukhuci (238033)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47China (Guangxi) Nanningaspis zengi, Huananaspis cupido, Asiaspis liangi (223840)
Late/Upper Lochkovian414.6 - 413.02Vietnam Laxaspis yulongssus (239311) Polybranchiaspis sp., Sanqiaspis vietnamensis (238525)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62China (Yunnan) Wenshanaspis zhichangensis, Macrothyraspis longilanceus, Huananaspis wudinensis (238393) Zhaotongaspis janvieri, Lungmenshanaspis yunnanensis, Qingmenaspis microculus, Sanqiaspis zhaotongensis, Rhegmaspis xiphoidea (196858)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62China Dongfangaspis major, Sinoszechuanaspis yanmenpaensis, Lungmenshanaspis kiangyouensis, Sanqiaspis rostrata, Sanqiaspis zhaotongensis, Sanqiaspis sichuanensis (238089) Eugaleaspis sp., Gantarostrataspis sp., Pterogonaspis yuhaii, Sanchaspis magalarostrata (238849) Foxaspis novemura (238271) Qushiaspis elaia (238852)
Pragian - Early/Lower Eifelian413.02 - 390.5Australia (Queensland) Pituriaspis doylei, Neeyambaspis enigmatica (239584)
Pragian - Middle Devonian413.02 - 382.31China (Yunnan) Gumuaspis rostrata, Gantarostrataspis gengi (10895)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5China Duyunolepis paoyangensis (238123)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5China (Guangxi) Tridensaspis magnoculus (239043)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47China Lopadaspis pinglensis (238076) Macrothyraspis longicornis (238502) Wumengshanaspis cuntianensis (239067)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47China (Yunnan) Eugaleaspis xujiachongensis, Gantarostrataspis geni (10941)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95China Dongfangaspis sp. (238390)