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Gronlandaspididae
Taxonomy
Groenlandaspididae was named by Obruchev (1964).
It was corrected as Gronlandaspididae by van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Holonematoidei by Obruchev (1964); to Phlyctaenii by Long et al. (1997); to Arthrodira by Young and Long (2014); to Phlyctaeniiformes by van der Laan (2019); and to Phlyctaenina by Fitzpatrick et al. (2024).
It was corrected as Gronlandaspididae by van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Holonematoidei by Obruchev (1964); to Phlyctaenii by Long et al. (1997); to Arthrodira by Young and Long (2014); to Phlyctaeniiformes by van der Laan (2019); and to Phlyctaenina by Fitzpatrick et al. (2024).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1964 | Groenlandaspididae Obruchev p. 198 |
| 1997 | Groenlandaspididae Long et al. p. 255 |
| 2014 | Groenlandaspididae Young and Long |
| 2019 | Gronlandaspididae van der Laan p. 30 |
| 2024 | Groenlandaspididae Fitzpatrick et al. |
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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. †Gronlandaspididae Obruchev 1964
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G. †Gronlandaspis Heintz 1932
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†Groenlandaspis antarctica Ritchie 1975
†Groenlandaspis disjectus Woodward 1891
†Groenlandaspis howittensis Fitzpatrick et al. 2024
†Groenlandaspis mirabilis Heintz 1932
†Groenlandaspis pennsylvanica Daeschler et al. 2003
†Groenlandaspis potyi Olive et al. 2015
†Groenlandaspis riniensis Long et al. 1997
†Groenlandaspis seni Janvier and Ritchie 1977
†Groenlandaspis silva Deschenes 2019
†Groenlandaspis theroni Chaloner et al. 1980
†Groenlandaspis thorezi Janvier and Clement 2005
G. †Turrisaspis Daeschler et al. 2003
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†Turrisaspis elektor Daeschler et al. 2003
†Turrisaspis strudensis Olive et al. 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eifelian to the top of the Tournaisian or 393.47000 to 346.70000 Ma
Collections (27 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pragian - Eifelian | Australia (New South Wales) | Mulgaspis evansorum (235896) | |
| Emsian - Givetian | Antarctica | Boomeraspis goujeti, Turrisaspis sp., Groenlandaspis antarctica (207084) Mulgaspis sp. (207085) | |
| Early/Lower Eifelian | Australia (New South Wales) | Mulgaspis altus (238574) Mulgaspis evansorum, Mulgaspis altus (238572 238573) | |
| Givetian | South Africa | Groenlandaspis theroni (239544) | |
| Givetian | Antarctica | Boomeraspis goujeti (207089) Groenlandaspis antarctica (207098) | |
| Givetian | Australia (Victoria) | Groenlandaspis sp. (225605) | |
| Givetian | USA (New York) | Groenlandaspis silva (239542) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Australia (Victoria) | Groenlandaspis howittensis (196710) Groenlandaspis sp. (239410 239411) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | Colombia (Boyacá) | Groenlandaspis indet. (211928) | |
| Famennian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Groenlandaspis riniensis (68049) | |
| Famennian | Belgium | Groenlandaspis potyi (239543) | |
| Famennian | United Kingdom (Somerset) | Groenlandaspis sp. (232123) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Belgium | Turrisaspis strudensis (131916) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Australia (New South Wales) | Groenlandaspis sp. (235656) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Ireland | Groenlandaspis disjectus (32228) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Belgium (Liege) | Groenlandaspis potyi (208029) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Belgium (Namur) | Groenlandaspis thorezi (32234 32235) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Groenlandaspididae indet. (238265) Turrisaspis elektor, Groenlandaspis pennsylvanica (35044) | |
| Tournaisian | Greenland | Groenlandaspis mirabilis (238312) |