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Schizosteus

Pteraspidomorpha

Taxonomy
Schizosteus was named by Obruchev (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife D Give-u Sepkoski's reference number: 689].

It was assigned to Pteraspidomorphes by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Schizosteus Obruchev
2002Schizosteus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumVertebrata
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
classPteraspidomorpha
subclassHeterostraciLankester 1868
genusSchizosteusObruchev 1940

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. †Schizosteus Obruchev 1940
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Schizosteus asatkini Obruchev 1940
Schizosteus heterolepis Praeobrazhensky 1911
Schizosteus perneri Růžička 1929
Schizosteus striatus Gross 1933
Schizosteus toriensis Mark-Kurik 1965
Schizosteus wellsi Halstead Tarlo 1964
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 Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Early/Lower Givetian or 399.50000 to 385.90000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Gormel) S. sp. (232955)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Czechia S. perneri (172683)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Latvia S. sp. (226510)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Russian Federation S. heterolepis (90332)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Estonia S. heterolepis (225791 239667) S. striatus (225793 239665)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Latvia S. striatus (225795 225796 225797)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Idaho) S. wellsi (238356)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belarus (Vitebsk) S. sp. (232958)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Latvia S. striatus (225802 225850)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Belarus S. striatus (225886)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Russian Federation S. asatkini (239668)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Belarus (Brest) S. sp., S. asatkini (242244)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Belarus (Gormel) S. sp. (242242)