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Lanarkia

Pteraspidomorpha - Thelodontidae

Taxonomy
Lanarkia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Thelodontidae by Jordan (1963); and to Thelodontiformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Lanarkia Jordan p. 585
2002Lanarkia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumCraniata
RankNameAuthor
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
classPteraspidomorpha
subclassHeterostraciLankester 1868
familyThelodontidae
genusLanarkia

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. †Lanarkia
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Lanarkia horrida Traquair 1898
Lanarkia lanceolata Marss and Ritchie 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2007-09-27 04:49:26
Modified: 2017-03-09 14:07:44
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Llandovery to the top of the Ludlow or 443.40000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Canada (Northwest Territories) L. horrida (90314)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0United Kingdom (Scotland) L. sp. (26906)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0United Kingdom (Scotland) L. sp. (26896)