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Asterolepis maxima

Placodermi - Antiarchiformes - Asterolepididae

Taxonomy
Coccosteus maximus was named by Agassiz (1845).

It was recombined as Asterolepis maximus by Woodward (1891); it was recombined as Asterolepis maxima by Denison (1978).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. syasiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Coccosteus maximus Agassiz p. 137 figs. pl. xx, figs. 17-18
1891Asterolepis maximus Woodward p. 206 figs. pl. v, fig 1
1978Asterolepis maxima 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
speciesmaxima(Agassiz 1845)

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 maxima Agassiz 1845
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available