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Loricopteraspis

Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes - Protopteraspididae

Taxonomy
Loricopteraspis was named by Halstead Tarlo (1961). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Althaspis by Denison (1970).

It was assigned to Pteraspididae by Blieck (1984); and to Protopteraspididae by Randle and Sansom (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Loricopteraspis Halstead Tarlo
1984Loricopteraspis Blieck p. 105
2017Loricopteraspis Randle and Sansom p. 596

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumCraniata
RankNameAuthor
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
classPteraspidomorpha
subclassHeterostraciLankester 1868
orderPteraspidiformesBerg 1940
familyProtopteraspididaeNovitskaya 1983
genusLoricopteraspisHalstead Tarlo 1961

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. †Loricopteraspis Halstead Tarlo 1961
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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
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