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Antarctaspididae

Placodermi - Actinolepidiformes - Antarctaspididae

Taxonomy
Antarctaspididae was named by White (1968).

It was corrected as Antarctaspidae by Denison (1978).

It was assigned to Antarctaspina by Denison (1975), Denison (1978); and to Actinolepidiformes by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Antarctaspididae White p. 18
1975Antarctaspidae Denison p. 23
1978Antarctaspidae Denison
2019Antarctaspididae van der Laan p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
Arthrodira(Woodward 1891)
orderActinolepidiformes
familyAntarctaspididaeWhite 1968
familyAntarctaspididaeWhite 1968

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.

Fm. †Antarctaspididae White 1968
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G. †Antarctaspis White 1968
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G. †Potangaspis Zhu et al. 2010
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Potangaspis parvoculatus Zhu et al. 2010
G. †Yujiangolepis Wang and Wang 1998
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Yujiangolepis liujingensis Wang and Wang 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2004-08-17 14:23:32
Modified: 2004-08-17 16:33:26
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Emsian or 413.02000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62China (Guangxi) Yujiangolepis liujingensis (80471)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47China Potangaspis parvoculatus (233168)
Emsian - Givetian410.62 - 382.31Antarctica Antarctaspis mcmurdoensis (207077)