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Psammosteus pectinatus

Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes - Psammosteidae

Taxonomy
Psammosteus pectinatus was named by Obruchev (1965). It is not extant.

It was replaced with Traquairosteus pectinatus by Glinskiy and Nilov (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Psammosteus pectinatus Obruchev

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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)
familyPsammosteidaeTraquair 1896
genusPsammosteusAgassiz 1844
speciespectinatus

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.

Psammosteus pectinatus Obruchev 1965
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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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available