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Tolypelepidinae

Pteraspidomorpha - Cyathaspidiformes - Cyathaspididae

Taxonomy
Tolypelepididae was named by Strand (1934). Its type is Tolypelepis.

It was reranked as the subfamily Tolypelepidinae by Soehn and Wilson (1990).

It was assigned to Cyathaspididae by Soehn and Wilson (1990); and to Tolypelepidiformes by Sallan et al. (2018), van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa
Asketaspis, Athenaegis, Tolypelepis (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Tolypelepididae Strand
1990Tolypelepidinae Soehn and Wilson
2018Tolypelepididae Sallan et al. pp. Supplementary tables
2019Tolypelepididae van der Laan p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
RankNameAuthor
classPteraspidomorpha
subclassHeterostraciLankester 1868
orderCyathaspidiformes(Kaier 1930)
familyCyathaspididae()
subfamilyTolypelepidinae(Strand 1934)
subfamilyTolypelepidinae(Strand 1934)

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.

Subfm. †Tolypelepidinae Strand 1934
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G. †Asketaspis Dineley and Loeffler 1976
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†Asketaspis interstincta Dineley and Loeffler 1976
G. †Athenaegis Soehn and Wilson 1990
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†Athenaegis chattertoni Soehn and Wilson 1990
G. †Tolypelepis Pander 1856
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†Tolypelepis lenzi Dineley and Loeffler 1976
†Tolypelepis leopoldensis Loeffler and Jones 1977
†Tolypelepis undulata Pander 1856
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Invalid names: Tolypelepis mielnikensis Dec 2015 [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 Llandovery to the top of the Early/Lower Emsian or 443.10000 to 399.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Northwest Territories) Athenaegis chattertoni (90310)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Athenaegis chattertoni (237812) Tolypelepis lenzi (188784)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62Canada (Nunavut) Tolypelepis leopoldensis (239020)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Russian Federation Tolypelepis undulata (90328 239019)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Estonia Tolypelepis undulata (13830)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Poland Tolypelepis mielnikensis (239021)
Ohesaare421.6 - 419.62Estonia Tolypelepis undulata (13831)
Ohesaare421.6 - 419.62Estonia (Saare) Tolypelepis undulata (193837)
Lochkovian - Early/Lower Emsian419.62 - 399.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Asketaspis interstincta (237843)