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Drepanaspis

Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes - Psammosteidae

Taxonomy
Drepanaspis was named by Schluter (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg-u D Emsi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 502,689]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Drepanaspidae by Jordan (1963); to Pteraspidomorphes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Psammosteidae by Randle and Sansom (2017).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Flannery-Sutherland on 2025-01-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Drepanaspis Schluter
1963Drepanaspis Jordan p. 585
2002Drepanaspis Sepkoski
2017Drepanaspis Randle and Sansom p. 596

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
RankNameAuthor
classPteraspidomorpha
subclassHeterostraciLankester 1868
orderPteraspidiformesBerg 1940
suborderPteraspidoidei(Janvier 1996)
familyPsammosteidaeTraquair 1896
genusDrepanaspis

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.

G. †Drepanaspis Schluter 1887
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Drepanaspis carteri McCoy 1851
Drepanaspis edwardsi Halstead Tarlo 1964
Drepanaspis gemuendensis Schluter 1887
Drepanaspis jaegeri Halstead Tarlo 1964
Drepanaspis schrieli Gross 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available