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Drepanaspis

Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes - Psammosteidae

Taxonomy
Drepanaspis is a genus. 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).

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumCraniata
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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available