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Pteraspididae
Taxonomy
Pteraspididae was named by Claypole (1885).
It was corrected as Pteraspidae by Bryant (1932); it was misspelled as Pteraspidae by Jordan (1963), Blieck (1984), Elliott and Ilyes (1996), Blieck et al. (2002), Dumbrava and Blieck (2005) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Heterostraci by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Bryant (1932) and Jordan (1963); to Pteraspidida by Blieck et al. (2002); and to Pteraspidiformes by Blieck (1984), Elliott and Ilyes (1996), Dumbrava and Blieck (2005) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was corrected as Pteraspidae by Bryant (1932); it was misspelled as Pteraspidae by Jordan (1963), Blieck (1984), Elliott and Ilyes (1996), Blieck et al. (2002), Dumbrava and Blieck (2005) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Heterostraci by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Bryant (1932) and Jordan (1963); to Pteraspidida by Blieck et al. (2002); and to Pteraspidiformes by Blieck (1984), Elliott and Ilyes (1996), Dumbrava and Blieck (2005) and Nelson et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1885 | Pteraspididae Claypole |
1891 | Pteraspididae Woodward p. 158 |
1902 | Pteraspidae Hay p. 339 |
1932 | Pteraspidae Bryant p. 231 |
1963 | Pteraspidae Jordan p. 585 |
1984 | Pteraspididae Blieck p. 105 |
1996 | Pteraspididae Elliott and Ilyes p. 153 |
2002 | Pteraspididae Blieck et al. p. 812 |
2005 | Pteraspididae Dumbrava and Blieck p. 165 |
2016 | Pteraspididae Nelson et al. p. 29 |
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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.
Fm. †Pteraspididae Claypole 1885
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G. †Archaeoteuthis Roemer 1855
G. †Chiastolepis Eichwald 1844
G. †Holaspis Lankester 1873
G. †Kallostracon
G. †Mylopteraspis Stensiu 1958
G. †Scaphaspis Lankester 1865
G. †Sphagodus Agassiz 1839
Invalid names: Doryaspidinae Heintz 1967 [empty], Pteraspidinae Claypole 1885 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available