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Pachylepis

Pteraspidomorpha - Thelodontidae

Taxonomy
Pachylepis was named by Pander (1856).

It was assigned to Thelodontidae by Jordan (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Pachylepis Pander p. 274
1963Pachylepis Jordan p. 585

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumCraniata
RankNameAuthor
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
classPteraspidomorpha
subclassHeterostraciLankester 1868
familyThelodontidae
genusPachylepisPander 1856

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. †Pachylepis Pander 1856
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available