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Asterolepis ornata

Placodermi - Antiarchiformes - Asterolepididae

Taxonomy
Asterolepis ornata was named by Eichwald (1840).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. syasiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Asterolepis ornata Eichwald p. 79
1891Asterolepis ornata Woodward p. 204
1902Asterolepis ornata Hay p. 342
1978Asterolepis ornata Denison

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

†Asterolepis ornata Eichwald 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available