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Asterolepis

Placodermi - Antiarchiformes - Asterolepididae

Taxonomy
Asterolepis was named by Eichwald (1840).

It was assigned to Asterolepidae by Hay (1902) and Denison (1978); and to Asterolepididae by Woodward (1891) and Elliott et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Asterolepis Eichwald
1891Asterolepis Woodward p. 203
1902Asterolepis Hay p. 342
1978Asterolepis Denison
2000Asterolepis Elliott et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Placodermiomorphi
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
orderAntiarchiformes
suborderYunnanolepidoidei
infraorderEuantiarcha(Janvier and Pan 1982)
familyAsterolepididaeTraquair 1888
genusAsterolepisEichwald 1840

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. †Asterolepis Eichwald 1840
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Asterolepis chadwicki Wells 1964
Asterolepis concatenata Eichwald 1844
Asterolepis dellei Gross 1940
Asterolepis estonica Gross 1940
Asterolepis maxima Agassiz 1845
Asterolepis orcadensis Watson 1932
Asterolepis ornata Eichwald 1840
Asterolepis radiata Rohon 1900
Asterolepis scabra Woodward 1891
Asterolepis sinensis P'an 1957
Asterolepis thule Watson 1932
Asterolepis verrucosa M'Coy 1848
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available