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Astraspis
Taxonomy
Astraspis was named by Walcott (1892) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. Its type is Astraspis desiderata.
It was assigned to Asterolepidae by Hay (1902); to Astraspidae by Jordan (1963); to Agnatha by Smith et al. (1995); to Astraspidiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Astraspididae by Sansom et al. (1997), van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Asterolepidae by Hay (1902); to Astraspidae by Jordan (1963); to Agnatha by Smith et al. (1995); to Astraspidiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Astraspididae by Sansom et al. (1997), van der Laan (2019).
Species
A. desiderata (syn. A. splendens) (type species)
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2019-07-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1892 | Astraspis Walcott |
| 1902 | Astraspis Hay p. 342 |
| 1963 | Astraspis Jordan p. 585 |
| 1995 | Astraspis Smith et al. p. 65 |
| 1997 | Astraspis Sansom et al. p. 628 |
| 2002 | Astraspis Sepkoski |
| 2019 | Astraspis van der Laan p. 16 |
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G. †Astraspis Walcott 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available