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Wuttagoonaspididae

Placodermi - Actinolepidiformes - Wuttagoonaspididae

Taxonomy
Wuttagoonaspidae was named by Ritchie (1973). It was considered monophyletic by Ritchie (1973).

It was corrected as Wuttagoonaspididae by van der Laan (2019).

It was assigned to Wuttagoonaspina by Ritchie (1973), Denison (1975), Denison (1978); and to Actinolepidiformes by van der Laan (2019).

Entered
by B. Frable (authorized by W. Dahdul) on 2011-12-06

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Wuttagoonaspidae Ritchie
1975Wuttagoonaspidae Denison p. 23
1978Wuttagoonaspidae Denison
2019Wuttagoonaspididae van der Laan p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
Arthrodira(Woodward 1891)
orderActinolepidiformes
familyWuttagoonaspididae()
familyWuttagoonaspididae()

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. †Wuttagoonaspididae Ritchie 1973
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G. †Wuttagoonaspis Ritchie 1973
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Wuttagoonaspis fletcheri Ritchie 1973
Wuttagoonaspis milligani Young and Goujet 2003
G. †Yiminaspis Dupret 2008
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Yiminaspis shenme Dupret 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2004-08-17 14:23:32
Modified: 2004-08-17 16:33:26
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Pragian or 413.02000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (New South) Wuttagoonaspis fletcheri (233555)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62China (Yunnan) Yiminaspis shenme (233155)
Pragian - Eifelian413.02 - 387.95Australia (New South Wales) Wuttagoonaspis fletcheri (235896)
Pragian - Givetian413.02 - 382.31Australia (Northern Territory) Wuttagoonaspis milligani (233556)