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Pituriaspida (disused)

Pituriaspida

Taxonomy
Pituriaspida was named by Young (1991). Its type is Pituriaspis.

It was reranked as the family Pituriaspididae by van der Laan (2019).

It was assigned to Vertebrata by Young (1991); and to Pituriaspidiformes by van der Laan (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Pituriaspida Young
1994Neeyambaspididae Davis p. 8
2019Pituriaspididae van der Laan p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
RankNameAuthor
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
classPituriaspidaYoung 1991
classPituriaspidaYoung 1991

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.

Cl. †Pituriaspida Young 1991
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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