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Obrucheviidae

Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes - Obrucheviidae

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

It was assigned to Psammosteiformes by Halstead Tarlo (1964); and to Psammosteoidei by van der Laan (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Aspidosteidae Berg p. 23
1964Obrucheviidae Halstead Tarlo
2019Obrucheviidae van der Laan p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
RankNameAuthor
classPteraspidomorpha
subclassHeterostraciLankester 1868
orderPteraspidiformesBerg 1940
suborderPsammosteoidei
familyObrucheviidae
familyObrucheviidae

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.

Fm. †Obrucheviidae Halstead Tarlo 1964
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G. †Aspidosteus Obruchev 1941
G. †Obruchevia Halstead Tarlo 1964
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Obruchevia heckeri Halstead Tarlo 1964
G. †Perscheia Elliott et al. 2004
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Perscheia pulla Elliott et al. 2004
Invalid names: Aspidosteidae Berg 1955 [synonym]
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: base of the Middle Frasnian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 379.00000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Canada (Nunavut) Perscheia pulla (236499)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation Obruchevia heckeri (238745)