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Escharaspis

Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes - Protopteraspididae

Taxonomy
Escharaspis was named by Elliott (1983). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Protopteraspididae by Randle and Sansom (2017).

Species
E. alata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Escharaspis Elliott
2017Escharaspis Randle and Sansom p. 596

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
classPteraspidomorpha
subclassHeterostraciLankester 1868
orderPteraspidiformesBerg 1940
familyProtopteraspididaeNovitskaya 1983
genusEscharaspis

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. †Escharaspis Elliott 1983
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†Escharaspis alata Elliott 1983
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: Lochkovian or 419.62000 to 413.02000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Canada (Nunavut) E. alata (238128)