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Pteraspis rostrata virgoi

Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes

Taxonomy
Pteraspis rostrata virgoi was named by White (1935). It is not extant. Its type locality is Wayne Herbert Quarry, which is in a Lochkovian coastal siltstone/sandstone in the Old Red Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. cornubica, P. dunensis, P. jackana, P. kneri, P. major, P. mitchelli, P. podolicus, P. traquairi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Pteraspis rostrata virgoi White

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
RankNameAuthor
classPteraspidomorpha
subclassHeterostraciLankester 1868
orderPteraspidiformesBerg 1940
suborderPteraspidoidei(Janvier 1996)
genusPteraspisKner 1847
speciesrostrata()
subspeciesvirgoi

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 mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available