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Oniscolepis

Pteraspidomorpha - Astraspidiformes - Oniscolepididae

Taxonomy
Oniscolepis was named by Pander (1856).

It was assigned to Thelodontidae by Jordan (1963); and to Oniscolepididae by Van Der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Oniscolepis Pander p. 273
1963Oniscolepis Jordan p. 585
2019Oniscolepis Van Der Laan p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumCraniata
RankNameAuthor
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
classPteraspidomorpha
subclassAstraspida(Berg 1940)
orderAstraspidiformes(Berg 1940)
familyOniscolepididaeMarss and Karatajue-Talimaa 2009
genusOniscolepisPander 1856

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. †Oniscolepis Pander 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available