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Phlyctaenaspis australis confertituberculata

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Homostiidae

Taxonomy
Phlyctaenaspis australis confertituberculata was named by Chapman (1916). Its type specimen is NMP 1285, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type subspecies of Buchanosteus.

It was recombined as Buchanosteus confertituberculatus by Denison (1978), Young (1979).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. sherwoodi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Phlyctaenaspis australis confertituberculata Chapman pp. 211 - 215 figs. pls. 20-21
1978Buchanosteus confertituberculatus Denison
1979Buchanosteus confertituberculatus Young pp. 346 - 347 figs. Pls 1-5, Figs 1-3A, 4-17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
RankNameAuthor
—Arthrodira(Woodward 1891)
orderPhlyctaeniiformes
suborderBrachythoraciGross 1932
familyHomostiidaeJaekel 1903
genusPhlyctaenaspis
speciesaustralis(McCoy 1876)
subspeciesconfertituberculataChapman 1916

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.

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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available