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Guerichosteus

Pteraspidomorpha - Guerichosteidae

Taxonomy
Guerichosteus was named by Halstead Tarlo (1964). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Guerichosteidae by Halstead Tarlo (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Guerichosteus Halstead Tarlo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
classPteraspidomorpha
subclassHeterostraciLankester 1868
familyGuerichosteidae
genusGuerichosteus

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. †Guerichosteus Halstead Tarlo 1964
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Guerichosteus heterolepis Preobrazhensky 1911
Guerichosteus kozlowskii Halstead Tarlo 1964
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

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 399.50000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Poland G. kozlowskii (239531)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belarus (Vitebsk) G. heterolepis (232958)