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Psammosteoidei

Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes

Taxonomy
Psammosteoidei is a suborder.

It was assigned to Pteraspidiformes by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Psammosteoidei van der Laan p. 19

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

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.

Subor. †Psammosteoidei
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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 Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 399.50000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Gormel) Psammosteoidei indet. (232955)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Belarus (Vitebsk) Psammosteoidei indet. (232875)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belarus (Vitebsk) Psammosteoidei indet. (232958)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Belarus (Brest) Psammosteoidei indet. (242243)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Canada (Nunavut) Perscheia pulla (236499)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation Obruchevia heckeri (238745)