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Arandaspis

Pteraspidomorpha - Arandaspididae

Taxonomy
Arandaspis was named by Ritchie and Gilbert-Tomlinson (1977) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 563]. Its type is Arandaspis prionotolepis.

It was assigned to Pteraspidomorphes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Arandaspididae by Ritchie and Gilbert-Tomlinson (1977), Young (2009), van der Laan (2019).

Species
A. prionotolepis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Arandaspis Ritchie and Gilbert-Tomlinson p. 367
2002Arandaspis Sepkoski
2009Arandaspis Young p. 80
2019Arandaspis van der Laan p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
classPteraspidomorpha
subclassArandaspidaRitchie and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
familyArandaspididae
genusArandaspis

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. †Arandaspis Ritchie and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
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Arandaspis prionotolepis Ritchie and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Llanvirn or 477.10000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Australia (Northern Territory) A. prionotolepis (90382 90386)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2Australia (New South Wales) A. sp. (90375)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2Australia (Northern Territory) A. sp. (90420)