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Arctolepididae

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Arctolepididae

Taxonomy
Arctolepidae was named by Heintz (1937). Its type is Arctolepis.

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

It was assigned to Arthrodira by Dineley and Metcalfe (1999); and to Phlyctaeniiformes by van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa
Arctolepis (type genus), Plataspis
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2009-07-17; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-07-21

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Arctolepidae Heintz
1999Arctolepidae Dineley and Metcalfe
2019Arctolepididae van der Laan p. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
—Arthrodira(Woodward 1891)
orderPhlyctaeniiformes
familyArctolepididae(Heintz 1937)
familyArctolepididae(Heintz 1937)

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. †Arctolepididae Heintz 1937
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G. †Arctolepis Eastman 1908
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†Arctolepis brevis Heintz 1929
†Arctolepis decipiens Woodward 1891
†Arctolepis lata Heintz 1929
†Arctolepis lewini Heintz 1929
†Arctolepis longicornis Heintz 1929
†Arctolepis solnoerdali Heintz 1929
G. †Plataspis Westwood 1837
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: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Emsian or 419.62000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02United Kingdom (England) Plataspis sp. (90352)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Svalbard and Jan Mayen Arctolepis decipiens (237852)